θ-And (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , θ-And is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:18 (PDT), 19° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:26, 85° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:22, 54° above your western horizon.
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