Tau Andromedae

star in the constellation Andromeda
Thing optical_double Q552062

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
optical double, double star, near-infrared source, ultraviolet source, blue giant, Mid-infrared source, suspected variable[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Absolute magnitude
-1.64
Age estimated by a dating method
217.0
Apparent magnitude
5.11 (4.44–5.13, n=9)
Catalog code
HR 477, 2MASS J01403481+4034373, GSC 02819-02290, HD 10205, HIP 7818, SAO 37418, τ And, ADS 1311 A, IDS 01517+1828 A, PSCz P01376+4019, IRAS 01376+4019, BD+39 378, CCDM J01406+4035A, CSV 100130, GC 2025, GCRV 933, HIC 7818, JP11 521, N30 341, NSV 584, PPM 44297, ROT 234, TD1 945, TYC 2819-2290-1, UBV 1708, uvby98 100010205 A, WDS J01406+4035A, WEB 1672, Gaia DR2 347218835681961344, 53 And, TIC 189630420, AG+40 161, UBV M 8338, ALS 16537, GEN# +1.00010205A, SKY# 2520, WISE J014034.83+403437.2, WISEA J014034.83+403437.1, AKARI-IRC-V1 J0140348+403437[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
Constellation
Andromeda[8]
Declination
40.57703880591
Declination component of proper motion
-20.981
Distance from Earth
209.188
Effective temperature
8765.33
Epoch
J2000.0
Luminosity
851.0
Mass
4.8
Parallax
4.7804
Radial velocity
-18.3
Radius
6.5
Right ascension
25.14506744023
Right ascension component of proper motion
17.889
Spectral class
B5III[9]
Stellar rotational velocity
90.0
Surface gravity
2290.0
🏷️ Also known as
en 53 And en 53 Andromedae en ADS 1311 A en ALS 16537 en CSV 100130 en GC 2025 en GCRV 933 en GSC 02819-02290 en HD 10205 en HIC 7818 en HIP 7818 en HR 477 en NSV 584 en PPM 44297 en ROT 234 en SAO 37418 en Tau Andromedae en TIC 189630420 en TYC 2819-2290-1 en τ And
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/082b8j
SIMBAD ID
* tau And

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Summary

Tau Andromedae is an optical double[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Directly determined linear radii and effective temperatures of exoplanet host stars. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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