23 Andromedae

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:05 | Tran: 7:40 | Set: 18:10

Alt: -1.30° Az: 9.82° Direction: South-West

23 Andromedae is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Andromeda.

23 Andromedae visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, 23 Andromedae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 23 Andromedae. The red arrow shows the motion of 23 Andromedae during the next 1000 years (-2.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.47 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 14m 50s

Declination +41° 10’ 36”

Hour Angle 12h 52m 21s

Sidereal Time 13h 07m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 13m 30s

Declination +41° 02’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 115.27°

Galactic Latitude -21.27°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.72

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.00

Spectral Type F0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.31

Temperature 7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 23 Andromedae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 23 Andromedae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

23 Andromedae is distant 114.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 35.00

Distance (light year) 114.11

Radial Speed -29 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.123 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.148"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 23 Andromedae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD905

SAO Catalogue SAO36173

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP1086

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+40 29

FK5 Catalogue 2010

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 23 Andromedae rise, transit and set times from Brienz, Switzerland are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Zurich):

Azimuth: 48.8° RISE 21:05

Max altitude: 84.4° TRANSIT 7:40

Azimuth: 311.2° SET 18:10

Name:	Brienz, Switzerland
Latitude:	46° 45' 16.2" N
Longitude:	8° 2' 18.5" E
Timezone:	Europe/Zurich

Set Location

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