Star profile
Iota Andromedae
Hot blue starWhat is Iota Andromedae
Iota Andromedae is a blue-white star that traces the northern end of the chain forming the silhouette of the bound princess, near the Great Square of Pegasus. Hot and young, it shines from some five hundred light-years away with a surface above eleven thousand degrees. Its light set out when Luther nailed his theses to the door at Wittenberg and the religious map of Europe began to fracture.
Where it is and when to see it
Iota 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 October, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never sets and culminates about 82° up.
- From New York it culminates about 87° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 13° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 47° S.
It ranks no. 13 in brightness among the 81 stars of Andromeda in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpheratz, the brightest: it lies about 15° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 500 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Iota Andromedae
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.29
- Distance
- 499.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 354.534° · Dec 43.268°
- Catalogue
- HIP 116631 · HD 222173
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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
- TitawinUpsilon Andromedae4.10
- Kappa Andromedae4.15
- Phi Andromedae4.26
- Pi Andromedae4.34
- Epsilon Andromedae4.34