62 Andromedae

62 Andromedae is a single^[12] star in the northern constellation Andromeda.^[1] 62 Andromedae is the Flamsteed designation, abbreviated 62 And;^[11] it also bears the Bayer designation of c Andromedae.^[10] It is bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, with an apparent magnitude of 5.31. Based upon parallax measurements made during the Gaia mission, it is at a distance of roughly 273 light-years (84 pc) from Earth.^[2] The star is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −30 km/s,^[6] and is predicted to come to within 144.6 light-years in 1.6 million years.^[1]

62 Andromedae

Location of 62 Andromedae (circled)
Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation	Andromeda[1]
Right ascension	02h 19m 16.79693s[2]
Declination	+47° 22′ 47.9132″[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	5.31[3]
Characteristics
Spectral type	A0V[4]
B−V color index	0.00425[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)	−29.6±2.8[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: –60.03[7] mas/yr Dec.: –5.61[7] mas/yr
Parallax (π)	11.9531±0.1640 mas[2]
Distance	273 ± 4 ly (84 ± 1 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)	0.93[1]
Details
Mass	2.42±0.02[8] M☉
Radius	1.8[3] R☉
Luminosity	45.2+2.1 −1.9[8] L☉
Temperature	9,572+133 −131[8] K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)	86[9] km/s
Other designations
c Andromedae[10], 62 And, BD+46°552, FK5 1063, HD 14212, HIP 10819, HR 670, SAO 37948, PPM 44986[11]
Database references
SIMBAD	data

This is an A-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of A0 V.^[13] Abt and Morrel (1995) gave it a class of A1 III,^[14][1] matching a more evolved giant star. The star has 2.42^[8] times the mass of the Sun, about 1.8^[3] times the Sun's radius, and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 86 km/s.^[8] It is radiating 45^[8] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9,572 K.^[8] 62 And is about 57% of the way through its main sequence lifetime.^[8]