Star profile
Phi Andromedae
Hot blue starWhat is Phi Andromedae
Phi Andromedae is a hot blue B-type star whose light set out toward us nearly 717 years ago, when Europe was barely emerging from the Middle Ages. It belongs to the body of Andromeda, the chained princess of Greek myth, not far from the great galaxy that shares her name. Its surface temperature multiplies the Sun's several times over, feeding an intrinsic brightness far above our star's.
Where it is and when to see it
Phi 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Phi Andromedae
- Constellation
- Andromeda
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.26
- Distance
- 716.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 17.376° · Dec 47.242°
- Catalogue
- HIP 5434 · HD 6811
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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
- Zeta Andromedae4.08
- TitawinUpsilon Andromedae4.10
- Kappa Andromedae4.15
- Iota Andromedae4.29
- Pi Andromedae4.34