61 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:49 | Tran: 13:37 | Set: 22:25

Alt: 52.83° Az: 113.17° Direction: East-South-East

61 Pegasi is a bright giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Pegasus.

61 Pegasi visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, 61 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 61 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 61 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 17m 00s

Declination +28° 23’ 06”

Hour Angle 21h 23m 24s

Sidereal Time 20h 40m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 15m 46s

Declination +28° 14’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 98.56°

Galactic Latitude -30.06°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.49

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -0.85

Spectral Type G5II

Color Index (B-V) 0.85

Temperature 5134K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 61 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 61 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

61 Pegasi is distant 956.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 293.26

Distance (light year) 956.01

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 61 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD219477

SAO Catalogue SAO91130

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114844

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 4521

FK5 Catalogue 3861

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 61 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.6° RISE 4:49

Max altitude: 66.9° TRANSIT 13:37

Azimuth: 298.4° SET 22:25

Set Location

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