Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Andromeda |
Right ascension | 00h 32m 22.72867s [2] |
Declination | +26° 01′ 45.9211″ [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 7.5 – 13.5 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | M5e [3] |
B−V color index | 0.96 [4] |
Variable type | Mira [3] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −7.435±0.069 [2] mas/yr Dec.: −3.136±0.057 [2] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 0.9435 ± 0.0623 mas [2] |
Distance | 3,500 ± 200 ly (1,060 ± 70 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 0.87 [5] M☉ |
Luminosity | 5,200 - 5,400 [6] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | −0.44 [5] cgs |
Temperature | 2,639 [5] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.547 [5] dex |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
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TU Andromedae was discovered on photographs taken by Sergey Nikolayevich Blazhko and Lydia Ceraski in 1907 and 1908. The discovery was announced by Witold Ceraski in 1909. [7]
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