ρ-And (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Columbus , ρ-And is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 18:17 (EST), 63° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:35, 88° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:53, when it sinks below 20° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
ρ-And
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h21m07s [4] |
| Declination: | +37°58'06" [4] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: | 5.17 (V) [2] 5.67 (BT) [2] 5.21 (VT) [2] 5.03 (G) [4] 5.27 (BP) [4] 4.65 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 50.1 parsec 163.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.39 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 69.6 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 123.9° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.67 |
Sources