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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Phi Andromedae
Flamsteed Number	42 Andromedae
HR (BSC)	335
HD	6811
Constellation	Andromeda
Right Ascension	1h 9m 30s
Declination	+47° 14' 30"
Distance	717 light years 220 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.26 Absolute: -2.45
Spectral Class	B7Ve blue main sequence star
Optimum Visibility	October (Usually visible from northern latitudes)

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A distant binary star, more than seven hundred light years from the Solar System, in the constellation of Andromeda, near its border with Cassiopeia. Historically, it was used in fixing the location of the nearby Little Dumbbell Nebula, M76.

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