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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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ε Andromedae (epsilon Andromedae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:09 | Tran: 9:11 | Set: 18:09
Alt: 64.08°   Az: 141.17°   Direction: South-East

ε Andromedae is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Andromeda.

ε Andromedae visual magnitude is 4.37. Because of its moderate brightness, ε Andromedae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of ε Andromedae (epsilon Andromedae) star
DSS2 image of ε Andromedae. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Andromedae during the next 1000 years (-3.78 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.23 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 39m 54s
+29° 27’ 03”
22h 46m 37s
23h 26m 31s

J2000

00h 38m 33s
+29° 18’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

119.57°
-33.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Andromedae (epsilon Andromedae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.37
Giant

0.80
G6III
5078K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Andromedae is distant 168.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 84 kilometers per second.

51.71
168.56
-84 km/s
-0.227 arcsec/y
-0.254"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Andromedae
(epsilon Andromedae)
30 Andromedae
SAO74164
SAO74164

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ε Andromedae (epsilon Andromedae) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.5°
Max altitude: 68.0°
Azimuth: 299.5°