Star profile
60 Andromedae
What is 60 Andromedae
60 Andromedae, also catalogued as b Andromedae, is an orange giant of class K4 burning at about 4,000 kelvin —far cooler than the Sun yet pouring out nearly nine hundred times its energy— some 530 light-years away, east-northeast of Gamma Andromedae. Its radius has swollen past sixty solar diameters. The light arriving tonight set out as the Treaty of Tordesillas was being signed in 1494.
Where it is and when to see it
60 Andromedae lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is November, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 83° up.
- From New York it culminates about 86° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 12° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 46° S.
It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 81 stars of Andromeda in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpheratz, the brightest: it lies about 29° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 530 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 60 Andromedae
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.84
- Distance
- 530.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 33.306° · Dec 44.232°
- Catalogue
- HIP 10340 · HD 13520
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Other stars in Andromeda
Andromeda has 81 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- MirachBeta Andromedae2.07
- AlpheratzAlpha Andromedae2.07
- AlmachGamma 1 Andromedae2.10
- 58 Andromedae4.78
- 8 Andromedae4.82
- Omega Andromedae4.83
- AdhilXi Andromedae4.87
- Tau Andromedae4.96