Upsilon Andromedae

Summary

Visual magnitude: 4.10

Distance: 45.1 +/- 1.5 light years

Luminosity: 3.55 +/- 0.24 x Sun's luminosity

Position information for 01 ene 2000 0:00:00

(Julian day number 2451544.41667)

Apparent RA (epoch of date): 01h 36m 47.65s

Apparent Dec (epoch of date): +41° 24' 24.4"

Constellation: Andromeda

Altitude: +58° 35' 49"

Azimuth: 285° 48' 4"

Rise: 11h 49m 23s

Transit: 21h 8m 40s

Set: 6h 31m 53s

Names and Catalog Numbers

Bayer letter: u Andromedae

Flamsteed number: 50 Andromedae

Tycho catalog number: TYC 2822-2210-1

PPM number: PPM 44216

Henry Draper number: HD 9826

DM number: BD +40 0332

Star Atlas Chart Numbers

Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas, Chart C-38

Millennium Star Atlas, Charts 101-102 (Vol I)

Sky Atlas 2000.0, Chart 4

Uranometria 2000 Chart 61, Vol 1

Tycho Catalog Data

Tycho Catalogue (ESA SP-1200, 1997).

Tycho Identifier/Proximity Flag

Catalog number: TYC 2822-2210-1

Proximity flag: None

Descriptor

V magnitude: 4.10

Source of V magnitude: Johnson UBV photometric system.

Astrometric Data

Equatorial coordinates (epoch J2000.0, ICRS)

RA: 01h 36m 47.8439s

Dec: +41° 24' 19.636"

Standard errors of the equatorial coordinates (epoch J1991.25)

RA: 0.0020 arcsec

Dec: 0.0015 arcsec

Astrometric reference flag: This is a recommended astrometric reference star, having good Tycho astrometric quality, and not recognised as double.

Trigonometric parallax: 0.07230 arcsec

Standard error of the parallax: 0.00250 arcsec

Proper motion components (epoch J1991.25, ICRS)

RA: -0.22812 arcsec/yr

Dec: -0.38290 arcsec/yr

Standard errors of the proper motion components

RA: 0.0032 arcsec

Dec: 0.0015 arcsec

Number of accepted data points: 115

Goodness-of-fit parameter, F2: 0.83

Hipparcos catalog number: 7513

Astrometric quality flag: 1 (very high).

Signal-to-noise ratio of the star image, Fs: 11.2

Source of astrometric data: Standard data processing.

Photometric Data

Mean Bt magnitude: 4.748

Standard error: 0.004

Mean Vt magnitude: 4.159

Standard error: 0.003

Source of photometric data: The Bt,Vt data are median values, rather than de-censored mean values (mainly relevant for bright stars with Bt<=8.5 mag and Vt<=8.0 mag).

Johnson B-V colour index: 0.541

Standard error: 0.004

Number of transits used in mean photometry: 115

Vt scatter, s: 0.023 mag

Vt magnitude at maximum luminosity: 4.13

Vt magnitude at minimum luminosity: 4.18

Previously known or suspected variability: None.

Variability of the Tycho measurements: Variability suspected in the Tycho data; this may be due to intrinsic variability since no correlation with position angle was evident. No thorough investigation has been carried out to eliminate other reasons intrinsic to the Tycho measurements.

Unresolved duplicity status: An investigation was carried out on the Tycho data, but no indication of duplicity was found.

Cross-identification and Notes

PPM identifier: PPM 44216

HD identifier: HD 9826

DM identifier: BD +40 0332

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