Anunitu
HR 671 · HIP 3031 · ε And
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.34 mag
- Parallax
- 19.91 mas → about 163.8 light-years away
- Spectral type
- G5III...
- Right ascension
- 9.6396°
- Declination
- 29.3124°
- Bayer designation
- ε And
- HIP number
- 3031
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-10-15
- Name language
- Akkadian
- Name origin (IAU)
- Anunītu (𒀭𒀀𒉡𒉌𒌓), the Heavenly, is a by-name for the goddess of love (and war) Inanna = Ištar in the Dynasty of Akkad (~2300 BCE) in Mesopotamia. She was represented by a constellation in the And/Psc-area.
Source:ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 164 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1862 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 4.3 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination 29.3° — 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.