5 Andromedae is a single, yellow-white hued star in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Its designation comes from a catalogue of stars by English astronomer John Flamsteed, published in 1712. The star is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.68. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 29.12 mas as seen from Earth, it is located 112 light years away. 5 Andromedae is moving closer to the Sun with a radial velocity of −2.6 km/s. It has a relatively high proper motion, advancing across the celestial sphere at the rate of 0.201 arc seconds per year.