Almach (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Almach is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:12 (EST), 41° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:41, 89° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:10, when it sinks below 14° above your north-western horizon.
|
Name
Almach
|
Object type
Star
|
Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 02h03m53s [3] |
| Declination: | +42°19'47" [3] |
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: | 2.17 (V) [3] 4.01 (BT) [2] 2.33 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 120.5 parsec 392.8 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.40 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 65.0 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 139.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -3.23 |
Sources