Mirach (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Jacksonville , Mirach is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:12 (EST), 48° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:30, 84° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:46, when it sinks below 13° above your north-western horizon.

Name Mirach
Object type Star
Other names
Mirach
β-And
Beta Andromedae
43-And
43 Andromedae
HR 337[1]
HD 6860
NSV 414
HIP 5447[3]
TYC 2286-1329-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:01h09m43s [2]
Declination:+35°37'14" [2]
Constellation:Andromeda
Magnitude:
Variable
2.07 (V) [2]
4.16 (BT) [2]
2.24 (VT) [2]
Distance:60.5 parsec
197.3 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):1.62
Proper motion (speed):208.6 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):122.5°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.84

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