38 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:23 | Tran: 21:55 | Set: 7:31

Alt: 8.03° Az: 314.34° Direction: North-West

38 Pegasi is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Pegasus.

38 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.65. Because of its faintness, 38 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.

DSS2 image of 38 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 38 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 31m 09s

Declination +32° 42’ 00”

Hour Angle 08h 10m 45s

Sidereal Time 06h 41m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 30m 01s

Declination +32° 34’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 91.33°

Galactic Latitude -21.48°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 38 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.65

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.17

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 38 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 38 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

38 Pegasi is distant 406.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 124.84

Distance (light year) 406.99

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 38 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD213323

SAO Catalogue SAO72406

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111068

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+31 4708

FK5 Catalogue 1590

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 38 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.3° RISE 12:23

Max altitude: 71.2° TRANSIT 21:55

Azimuth: 302.7° SET 7:31

Set Location

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