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41 Pegasi

Altitude: -16.4°   Azimuth: 21.0°   Direction: North-North-East

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

41 Pegasi visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its reltive faintness, 41 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 41 Pegasi:

6.21
Main-sequence

41 Pegasi is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -16.4°
Azimuth: 21.0°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 41 Pegasi

41 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 41 Pegasi are provided in the following table:

22h 39m 47s
+19° 40’ 51”
85.16°
-33.36°
Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 41 Pegasi in the sky:

Finder chart 41 Pegasi star
Simplified finder chart for 41 Pegasi.

Visibility of 41 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 41 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: 70.3°
Max altitude: 58.2°
Azimuth: 289.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 41 Pegasi

The image below is a photograph of 41 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 41 Pegasi is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 41 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 41 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 41 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 41 Pegasi from the Sun and relative movement

41 Pegasi is distant 635.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

194.93 pc
635.48 ly
-11 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/year
-0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 41 Pegasi

41 Pegasi belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-0.24
A2V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 41 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 41 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 41 Pegasi

SAO108078
SAO108078