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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:44 
Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 19:00
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36 Pegasi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:44 | Tran: 23:29 | Set: 6:18
Alt: 11.14°   Az: 270.90°   Direction: West

36 Pegasi is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Pegasus.

36 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 36 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 30m 21s
+09° 15’ 21”
05h 34m 48s
04h 05m 10s

J2000

22h 29m 08s
+09° 07’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

74.39°
-39.97°

Finder Chart

Finder chart 36 Pegasi star
Simplified finder chart for 36 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Giant

-0.67
K5III
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Pegasi is distant 579.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

177.62
579.04
-30 km/s
0.055 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO127544
SAO127544

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.7°
Max altitude: 47.8°
Azimuth: 279.3°