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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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ρ Andromedae (rho Andromedae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:20 | Tran: 9:41 | Set: 20:58
Alt: 66.76°   Az: 114.47°   Direction: East-South-East

ρ Andromedae is a giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Andromeda.

ρ Andromedae visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, ρ 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 ρ Andromedae (rho Andromedae) star
DSS2 image of ρ Andromedae. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Andromedae during the next 10000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 22m 27s
+38° 06’ 33”
22h 11m 23s
22h 33m 51s

J2000

00h 21m 07s
+37° 58’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

116.37°
-24.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Andromedae (rho Andromedae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
Giant

1.73
F5III
6776K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Andromedae is distant 159.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

48.97
159.65
9 km/s
0.06 arcsec/y
-0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Andromedae
(rho Andromedae)
27 Andromedae
SAO53828
SAO53828

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 51.9°
Max altitude: 76.6°
Azimuth: 308.1°