64 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:02 | Tran: 0:25 | Set: 9:52

Alt: 57.85° Az: 113.70° Direction: East-South-East

64 Pegasi is a multiple giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Pegasus.

64 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its faintness, 64 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 64 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 23m 07s

Declination +31° 56’ 53”

Hour Angle 21h 39m 48s

Sideral Time 21h 02m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 21m 54s

Declination +31° 48’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 101.57°

Galactic Latitude -27.32°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 64 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.32

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.72

Spectral Type B6III

Color Index (B-V) -0.11

Temperature 11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

64 Pegasi is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 64 Pegasi double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.32

Secondary star magnitude 9.02

Magnitude difference 3.7

Separation 0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Pegasi is distant 833.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 255.75

Distance (light year) 833.76

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 64 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220222

SAO Catalogue SAO73205

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115355

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+31 4897

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS16702

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.1° RISE 15:02

Max altitude: 70.5° TRANSIT 0:25

Azimuth: 301.9° SET 9:52

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Pegasus