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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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12 Pegasi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:28 | Tran: 12:35 | Set: 20:42
Alt: 32.15°   Az: 92.67°   Direction: East

12 Pegasi is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pegasus.

12 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, 12 Pegasi is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 12 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 12 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 12 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 47m 13s
+23° 03’ 56”
19h 32m 45s
17h 19m 58s

J2000

21h 46m 04s
+22° 56’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

76.64°
-22.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 12 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.29
Hypergiant

-2.41
K0I
3934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 12 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 12 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

12 Pegasi is distant 1,128.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

346.02
1,128.03
-12 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO89972
SAO89972

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 12 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.9°
Max altitude: 61.6°
Azimuth: 293.1°