Alpheratz (HIP 677)
Alpheratz is a blue main-sequence star in the constellation Andromeda. At 97 light years away, it is the 55th brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 2.07. Alpheratz is the primary component of a multiple-star system. The iron abundance of Alpheratz is +0.38 (239.9% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 31.8 km/s relative to the Sun and is part of the AB Doradus moving group. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 19,400 and 24,300 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
Sky position: RA 0h 8.4m, Dec +29° 5.4'
