θ-And (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , θ-And is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 61° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:55, 86° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:32, when it sinks below 19° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
θ-And
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h17m05s [2] |
| Declination: | +38°40'53" [2] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.60 (V) [2] 4.68 (BT) [2] 4.61 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 94.7 parsec 308.7 lightyrs [3] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.06 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 52.4 mas/yr[3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 250.3° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.28 |
Sources