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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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δ Andromedae (delta Andromedae)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:42 | Tran: 5:59 | Set: 15:12
Alt: -4.78°   Az: 20.76°   Direction: North-North-East

δ Andromedae is a multiple giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Andromeda.

δ Andromedae visual magnitude is 3.27. Because of its moderate brightness, δ 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 δ Andromedae (delta Andromedae) star
DSS2 image of δ Andromedae. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Andromedae during the next 1000 years (2.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.52 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 40m 41s
+31° 00’ 03”
13h 37m 21s
14h 18m 03s

J2000

00h 39m 19s
+30° 51’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

119.87°
-31.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Andromedae (delta Andromedae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.27
Giant

0.81
K3III
4158K

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

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

Star System Properties

δ 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 δ Andromedae double sysyem:

3.27
11.47
8.2
28.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Andromedae is distant 101.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

31.07
101.27
-7 km/s
0.136 arcsec/y
-0.091"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Andromedae
(delta Andromedae)
31 Andromedae
SAO54058
SAO54058

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 59.0°
Max altitude: 69.5°
Azimuth: 301.0°