Nu Andromedae
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Andromeda |
| Right ascension | 00h 49m 48.8s |
| Declination | +41° 04' 44" |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.53 |
| Distance | 680 ± 110 ly (208 ± 34 pc) |
| Spectral type | B5V+F8V |
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Nu Andromedae (ν And, ν Andromedae) is a binary star in the constellation Andromeda. It is approximately 680 light years from Earth.
Nu Andromedae is spectroscopic binary whose components are a blue-white B-type main-sequence dwarf and a yellow-white F-type main-sequence dwarf. The binary has an apparent magnitude of +4.53 and an orbital period of 4.2828 days.
[edit] Location
This star's location in the constellation Andromeda can be seen in the following diagram:
[edit] External links
- SIMBAD, ed. "35 And -- Spectroscopic binary". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=35+And. Retrieved 11-09-2010.
- Kaler, James B.. "Nu And". Stars. http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/nuand.html. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
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