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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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18 Pegasi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:17 | Tran: 12:49 | Set: 19:22
Alt: 5.97°   Az: 273.49°   Direction: West

18 Pegasi is a giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Pegasus.

18 Pegasi visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, 18 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 18 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 18 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 18 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 01m 23s
+06° 50’ 19”
05h 56m 00s
03h 57m 23s

J2000

22h 00m 07s
+06° 43’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

65.8°
-36.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 18 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Giant

-1.58
B3III
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 18 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 18 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

18 Pegasi is distant 1,068.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

327.87
1,068.85
-7 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO127219
SAO127219

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 18 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.2°
Max altitude: 45.4°
Azimuth: 276.8°