63 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:05 | Tran: 18:14 | Set: 3:26

Alt: 32.27° Az: 279.91° Direction: West

63 Pegasi is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Pegasus.

63 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, 63 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 63 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (13.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 22m 02s

Declination +30° 33’ 06”

Hour Angle 05h 01m 09s

Sidereal Time 04h 23m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 20m 49s

Declination +30° 24’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 100.72°

Galactic Latitude -28.52°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.59

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.04

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.5

Temperature 3794K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

63 Pegasi is distant 435.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 133.51

Distance (light year) 435.25

Radial Speed -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.081 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.069"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 63 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220088

SAO Catalogue SAO73187

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115271

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+29 4908

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 63 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.4° RISE 9:05

Max altitude: 69.1° TRANSIT 18:14

Azimuth: 300.6° SET 3:26

Set Location

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