| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Andromeda[1] |
| Right ascension | 23h 12m 33.004s[2] |
| Declination | +49° 24′ 22.35″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.52[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | F1V[4] |
| U−Bcolor index | +0.01[5] |
| B−Vcolor index | +0.28[5] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | 12.10±1[6] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 89.939mas/yr[2] Dec.: 95.704mas/yr[2] |
| Parallax (π) | 40.2940±0.1130 mas[2] |
| Distance | 80.9 ± 0.2 ly (24.82 ± 0.07 pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | 2.58[1] |
| Details[7] | |
| Mass | 1.6±0.1 M☉ |
| Radius | 1.71±0.02 R☉ |
| Luminosity | 7.8±0.6 L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 4.16±0.02 cgs |
| Temperature | 7,380±90 K |
| Metallicity[Fe/H] | −0.02±0.08 dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 61±6 km/s |
| Age | 1,120±30 Myr |
| Other designations | |
| Honores,7 And,BD+48°3964,FK5 3852,HD 219080,HIP 114570,HR 8830,SAO 52787,PPM 63927[8] | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
7 Andromedae, also namedHonores,[9] is a single,[10] yellow-white huedstar in the northernconstellation ofAndromeda.7 Andromedae is theFlamsteed designation, abbreviated7 And. It is visible to thenaked eye with anapparent visual magnitude of 4.52,[3] and is located 80.9 light years from Earth, based on an annualparallax shift of40.3 mas.[2] The star is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentricradial velocity of 12 km/s.[6]
This is an ordinaryF-type main-sequence star with astellar classification of F1V,[4] which indicates it is generating energy fromhydrogen fusion at its core. This energy is being radiated from itsphotosphere at the rate of 7.8 times theSun's luminosity with aneffective temperature of 7,380 K. The star has 1.6 times the mass of the Sun and 1.7 times the Sun's girth. 7 Andromedae is 1.1 billion years old and is spinning with aprojected rotational velocity of 61 km/s.[7]
Within Andromeda it is at the middle of a northerly chainasterism – 8, 11 are further south-westward, with 5, then3 Andromedae in the other direction. This star is the closest of these five, all of quite great apparent magnitude.
This star was part of the historical constellationHonores Friderici. TheIAU Working Group on Star Names approved the name Honores for 7 Andromedae, on 14 May 2025, after the obsolete constellation, and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names. This star was chosen for the name because it was in the feather part of the constellation, in reference to the proverb "the feather is mightier than the sword".[9]