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public  Dese, Italy Dese, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:36 
Transit: 13:16 
Sunset: 20:56
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Veritate - 14 Andromedae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:30 | Tran: 5:18 | Set: 15:01
Alt: 78.31°   Az: 243.04°   Direction: West-South-West

Veritate, also designated as 14 Andromedae , is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Andromeda.

Veritate visual magnitude is 5.22. Because of its faintness, Veritate 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 Veritate - 14 Andromedae star
DSS2 image of Veritate. The red arrow shows the motion of Veritate during the next 1000 years (4.82 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 32m 32s
+39° 22’ 38”
00h 54m 04s
00h 26m 36s

J2000

23h 31m 17s
+39° 14’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

106.41°
-21.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Veritate - 14 Andromedae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.22
Hypergiant

0.80
K0III
4695K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Veritate is distant 249.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 59 kilometers per second.

76.39
249.05
-59 km/s
0.289 arcsec/y
-0.08"/y

Alternative Designations

Veritate
14 Andromedae
SAO73311
SAO73311

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Veritate - 14 Andromedae rise, transit and set times from Dese, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 50.6°
Max altitude: 83.8°
Azimuth: 309.4°