69 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:09 | Tran: 23:32 | Set: 7:59

Alt: 58.41° Az: 137.11° Direction: South-East

69 Pegasi is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Pegasus.

69 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, 69 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 69 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 69 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 28m 54s

Declination +25° 18’ 13”

Hour Angle 22h 27m 04s

Sideral Time 21h 55m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 27m 40s

Declination +25° 10’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 99.98°

Galactic Latitude -33.94°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 69 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.98

Class Hypergiant

69 Pegasi is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.72

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 69 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 69 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

69 Pegasi is distant 366.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 112.49

Distance (light year) 366.70

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 69 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220933

SAO Catalogue SAO91278

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115806

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 4778

General Catalogue of Variable Stars HV Peg

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 69 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 64.7° RISE 15:09

Max altitude: 63.8° TRANSIT 23:32

Azimuth: 295.3° SET 7:59

Set Location

Other stars in Pegasus