37 Pegasi

37 Pegasi is a double main-sequence star in the constellation of Pegasus.

37 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its reltive faintness, 37 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 37 Pegasi:

Color of 37 Pegasi ⬤

Magnitude of 37 Pegasi 5.48

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 37 Pegasi is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 37 Pegasi

37 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 37 Pegasi are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 22h 29m 57s

Declination J2000 +04° 25’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 70.23°

Galactic Latitude -43.5°

Constellation Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 37 Pegasi in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 37 Pegasi.

Visibility of 37 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 37 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: 85.6° RISE 0:27

Max altitude: 43.0° TRANSIT 6:52

Azimuth: 274.4° SET 13:12

RIGHT NOW 37 Pegasi is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 37 Pegasi

The image below is a photograph of 37 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 37 Pegasi is -0.023 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.144 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 37 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 37 Pegasi during the next 1000 years (-0.38 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.40 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 37 Pegasi from the Sun and relative movement

37 Pegasi is distant 172.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 52.83 pc

Distance (light year) 172.21 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.023 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.144 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 37 Pegasi

37 Pegasi belongs to spectral class F2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 1.87

Spectral Type F2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.38

Temperature of 37 Pegasi 6989K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 37 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 37 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

37 Pegasi star system properties

37 Pegasi is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 37 Pegasi double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.48

Secondary star magnitude 6.88

Magnitude difference 1.4

Separation 0.9 arcsec

Alternative designations of 37 Pegasi

Flamsteed designation 37 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD213235

SAO Catalogue SAO127551

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111062

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 4713

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS15988

In Evidence

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