Alpheratz (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , Alpheratz is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:20 (EST) as the dusk sky fades, 65° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:05, 77° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:36, when it sinks below 14° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Alpheratz
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Object Type
Star
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Position
| Constellation: | Andromeda |
| Magnitude: Variable | 2.06 (V) [2] 2.00 (BT) [1] 2.05 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.04 |
| Right ascension: | 00h08m23s [2] |
| Declination: | +29°05'26" [2] |
| Distance: | 29.7 parsec 97.0 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 213.6 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 139.9° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -0.31 |
Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.