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TimezoneEurope/Lisbon
Sunrise: 6:17 
Transit: 13:39 
Sunset: 21:01
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λ Andromedae (lambda Andromedae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:29 | Tran: 5:43 | Set: 15:53
Alt: 7.77°   Az: 32.34°   Direction: North-North-East

λ Andromedae is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Andromeda.

λ Andromedae visual magnitude is 3.82. Because of its moderate brightness, λ 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 λ Andromedae (lambda Andromedae) star
DSS2 image of λ Andromedae. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Andromedae during the next 1000 years (2.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.02 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 38m 49s
+46° 35’ 58”
15h 21m 56s
15h 00m 45s

J2000

23h 37m 33s
+46° 27’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

109.9°
-14.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Andromedae (lambda Andromedae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.82
Giant

1.76
G8III
4719K

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

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

Star System Properties

λ Andromedae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the λ Andromedae double sysyem:

3.82
10.32
6.5
217.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Andromedae is distant 84.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

25.81
84.15
7 km/s
0.162 arcsec/y
-0.421"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Andromedae
(lambda Andromedae)
16 Andromedae
SAO53204
SAO53204

Visibility from Your Location

Today's λ Andromedae (lambda Andromedae) rise, transit and set times from Coimbra (PT) are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Lisbon):

Azimuth: 43.4°
Max altitude: 83.6°
Azimuth: 316.6°