Titawin
HR 458 · HIP 7513 · υ And
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.1 mag
- Parallax
- 74.12 mas → about 44 light-years away
- Spectral type
- F8V
- Surface temperature
- 6,156.77 K
- Right ascension
- 24.1993°
- Declination
- 41.4055°
- Designation
- HR 458
- Bayer designation
- υ And
- HIP number
- 7513
- IAU name adopted
- 2015-12-15
- Name language
- Amazigh
- Name origin (IAU)
- Titawin (also known as Medina of Tetouan) is a settlement in northern Morocco and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Historically it was an important point of contact between two civilizations (Spanish and Arab) and two continents (Europe and Africa) after the 8th century.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 44 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1982 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 4.1 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination 41.4° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.