Astronomy and Space

36 Andromedae

36 Andromedae is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda, which is part of a triple star system. The designation is from the star catalogue of English astronomer John Flamsteed, first published in 1712. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.45. An annual parallax shift of 26.33 mas yields a distance estimate of about 124 light years. The system is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −0.8 km/s.

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See also

• ▸CL Draconis
• ▸Athena Promachos
• ▸Beta Chamaeleontis

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