hip-10944

Variable star

Its story

63 Andromedae is a hot blue B-type star and a gentle variable, 392 light-years away, in a quieter corner of Andromeda far from the great galaxy that lends the constellation its name. Its brightness is not quite constant: it shifts slightly, a delicate pulsation invisible to the eye yet caught by photometric detectors. The light arriving tonight left around 1633, at the height of the Spanish Golden Age.

Constellation: Andromeda
Apparent magnitude: 5.57
Distance: 392.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 35.242° · Dec 50.151°
Catalogue: HIP 10944 · HD 14392

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