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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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16 Pegasi

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:53 | Tran: 6:26 | Set: 14:54
Alt: -6.60°   Az: 328.78°   Direction: North-North-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.

Image of 16 Pegasi star
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

21h 54m 13s
+26° 02’ 43”
09h 40m 08s
07h 34m 21s

J2000

21h 53m 03s
+25° 55’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

80.1°
-21.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 16 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.08
Main-sequence

-0.90
B3V
12902K

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

HR 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.

156.99
511.77
-12 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO90075
SAO90075

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°
Max altitude: 64.6°
Azimuth: 296.0°