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19 Pegasi

Altitude: 44.5°   Azimuth: 204.3°   Direction: South-South-West

19 Pegasi is a giant star in the constellation of Pegasus.

19 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its reltive faintness, 19 Pegasi should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 19 Pegasi:

5.65
Giant

19 Pegasi is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 44.5°
Azimuth: 204.3°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 19 Pegasi

19 Pegasi is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 19 Pegasi are provided in the following table:

22h 01m 09s
+08° 15’ 25”
67.43°
-35.67°
Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 19 Pegasi in the sky:

Finder chart 19 Pegasi star
Simplified finder chart for 19 Pegasi.

Visibility of 19 Pegasi from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 19 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.7°
Max altitude: 46.8°
Azimuth: 278.3°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 19 Pegasi

The image below is a photograph of 19 Pegasi from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 19 Pegasi is -0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 19 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 19 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 19 Pegasi during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 19 Pegasi from the Sun and relative movement

19 Pegasi is distant 609.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

186.92 pc
609.35 ly
-23 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/year
-0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 19 Pegasi

19 Pegasi belongs to spectral class K5

-0.71
K5
3886K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 19 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 19 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 19 Pegasi

SAO127239
SAO127239