52 Pegasi

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:25 | Tran: 22:24 | Set: 5:27

Alt: -6.70° Az: 298.68° Direction: West-North-West

52 Pegasi is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Pegasus.

52 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, 52 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 52 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 52 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 00m 26s

Declination +11° 51’ 43”

Hour Angle 07h 48m 21s

Sidereal Time 06h 48m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 59m 11s

Declination +11° 43’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 84.23°

Galactic Latitude -42.55°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 52 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.19

Spectral Type A8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.32

Temperature 7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 52 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 52 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

52 Pegasi is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 52 Pegasi double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.75

Secondary star magnitude 7.05

Magnitude difference 1.3

Separation 0.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

52 Pegasi is distant 265.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 81.57

Distance (light year) 265.91

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.033 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 52 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD217232

SAO Catalogue SAO108307

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113503

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+10 4859

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS16428

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 52 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.1° RISE 15:25

Max altitude: 50.4° TRANSIT 22:24

Azimuth: 281.9° SET 5:27

Set Location

Other stars in Pegasus