Star
Upsilon Andromedae
Upsilon Andromedae is a yellow-white star 44.0 light-years away, seen as it was 44 years ago, shining 4 times as bright as the Sun.
The first main-sequence star found with more than one planet, and the first planetary system known in a system of more than one star.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 44.0 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 4.10
- Spectral type
- F8V
- Catalogue
- HIP 7513
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.