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Sunrise: 4:56 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:58
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44 Andromedae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 50.02°   Az: 79.58°   Direction: East

44 Andromedae is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Andromeda.

44 Andromedae visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, 44 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.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 11m 46s
+42° 12’ 57”
20h 05m 45s
21h 17m 32s

J2000

01h 10m 18s
+42° 04’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

126.67°
-20.65°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.65
Main-sequence

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
171.76
-11 km/s
-0.133 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

44 Andromedae
SAO36984
SAO36984

Visibility from Your Location

44 Andromedae is circumpolar and transits at 08:58 UTC (altitude: 80.7°)