55 Andromedae

{{Starbox image

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{{Location mark

|image=Andromeda constellation map.svg|alt=|float=center|width=260

|label=|position=right

|mark=Red circle.svg|mark_width=10|mark_link=55 Andromedae

|x=220|y=404

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|caption=Location of 55 Andromedae (circled)

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{{Starbox observe

| epoch = J2000

| constell = Andromeda

| ra = {{RA|01|53|17.34441}}

| dec = {{DEC|+40|43|47.2538}}

| appmag_v = 5.42

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{{Starbox character

| type =

| class = K1 III

| b-v = +1.32

| u-b = +1.41

| variable =

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{{Starbox astrometry

| radial_v = {{Val|−7.59|0.2}}

| prop_mo_ra = −10.073

| prop_mo_dec = −4.483

| parallax = 4.4619

| p_error = 0.1001

| parallax_footnote =

| absmag_v = −1.00

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{{Starbox detail

| source =

| mass =

| radius =

| luminosity = 436.43

| temperature = 4,290

| gravity = 2.30

| metal_fe = −0.14

| rotational_velocity =

| age_gyr =

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{{Starbox catalog

| names = {{odlist | F=55 And | BD=+40°394 | FK5=2124 | HD=11428 | HIP=8814 | HR=543 | SAO=37587 | PPM=44535 | WDS=J01533+4044A }}

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{{Starbox reference

| Simbad = 55+And

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55 Andromedae, abbreviated 55 And, is a single, orange-hued star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. 55 Andromedae is the Flamsteed designation. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.42. Based upon an annual parallax shift of {{Val|4.7|ul=mas}}, it is located about 730 light years from the Sun. 55 And is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −7.6 km/s. It is a member of the Sirius supercluster.

This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K1 III, which indicates it has exhausted the hydrogen supply at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. It is radiating 436 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,290 K. It has a magnitude 10.90 visual companion at an angular separation of {{Val|59.00|ul=arcsecond}} along a position angle of 357° from 55 And. In 1828, this separation was just {{Val|20.0|u=arcsecond}}.

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External links

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Category:K-type giants

Category:Andromeda (constellation)

Category:Durchmusterung objects