16 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:29 | Tran: 21:58 | Set: 6:30

Alt: 33.83° Az: 270.38° Direction: West

16 Pegasi is a main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Pegasus.

16 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.08. Because of its faintness, 16 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.

DSS2 image of 16 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Pegasi during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 54m 11s

Declination +26° 02’ 32”

Hour Angle 04h 30m 23s

Sideral Time 02h 24m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 53m 03s

Declination +25° 55’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 80.1°

Galactic Latitude -21.75°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 16 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.08

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.90

Spectral Type B3V

Color Index (B-V) -0.17

Temperature 12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Pegasi is distant 511.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 156.99

Distance (light year) 511.77

Radial Speed -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD208057

SAO Catalogue SAO90075

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP108022

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+25 4635

FK5 Catalogue 823

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.0° RISE 13:29

Max altitude: 64.6° TRANSIT 21:58

Azimuth: 296.0° SET 6:30

Set Location

Other stars in Pegasus