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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:08 
Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 20:42
wb_twilight   (Nautical Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

44 Andromedae

Altitude: 24.5°   Azimuth: 52.5°   Direction: North-East

44 Andromedae is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Andromeda.

44 Andromedae visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its reltive faintness, 44 Andromedae should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of 44 Andromedae is -0.133 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.043 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 44 Andromedae star
DSS2 image of 44 Andromedae. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Andromedae during the next 1000 years (-2.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.72 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about 44 Andromedae

5.65
Main-sequence

44 Andromedae is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: 24.5°
Azimuth: 52.5°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 44 Andromedae

44 Andromedae is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 44 Andromedae are provided in the following table:

01h 10m 18s
+42° 04’ 53”
126.67°
-20.65°
Andromeda

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 44 Andromedae in the sky:

Finder chart 44 Andromedae star
Simplified finder chart for 44 Andromedae.

Visibility of 44 Andromedae from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

44 Andromedae is circumpolar and transits at 09:35 UTC (altitude: 80.6°)

Distance of 44 Andromedae from the Sun and relative movement

44 Andromedae is distant 171.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

52.69 pc
171.76 ly
-11 km/s
-0.133 arcsec/year
-0.043 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 44 Andromedae

44 Andromedae belongs to spectral class F8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

2.04
F8V
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Andromedae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Andromedae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 44 Andromedae

44 Andromedae
SAO36984
SAO36984