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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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2 Pegasi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:47 | Tran: 6:03 | Set: 14:14
Alt: 35.66°   Az: 263.95°   Direction: West

2 Pegasi is a double giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Pegasus.

2 Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.57. Because of its moderate brightness, 2 Pegasi is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of 2 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 2 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 31m 05s
+23° 45’ 04”
04h 07m 53s
01h 38m 59s

J2000

21h 29m 56s
+23° 38’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

74.39°
-19.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.57
Giant

-1.09
M1III
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

2 Pegasi is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 2 Pegasi double sysyem:

4.57
12.67
8.1
29.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Pegasi is distant 442.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

135.69
442.33
-19 km/s
0.024 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO89752
SAO89752

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.2°
Max altitude: 62.3°
Azimuth: 293.8°