R-And (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , R-And is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:38 (EST), 60° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:10, 87° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:24, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
R-And
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h24m01s [4] |
| Declination: | +38°34'36" [4] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: Variable | 12.00 (V) [2] 12.54 (BT) [2] 12.04 (VT) [2] 5.56 (G) [4] 7.74 (BP) [4] 3.71 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 378.2 parsec 1232.8 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.42 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 36.5 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 206.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 4.11 |
Sources