70 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:28 | Tran: 0:32 | Set: 7:41

Alt: 51.42° Az: 179.50° Direction: South

70 Pegasi is a giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Pegasus.

70 Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.55. Because of its moderate brightness, 70 Pegasi is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 70 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 70 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (10.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 30m 24s

Declination +12° 53’ 49”

Hour Angle 23h 58m 43s

Sideral Time 23h 29m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 29m 09s

Declination +12° 45’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 93.72°

Galactic Latitude -45.39°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 70 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.55

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.87

Spectral Type G7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 70 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 70 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

70 Pegasi is distant 177.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 54.53

Distance (light year) 177.75

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.064 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 70 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD221115

SAO Catalogue SAO108638

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115919

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 5009

FK5 Catalogue 885

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 70 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.1° RISE 17:28

Max altitude: 51.4° TRANSIT 0:32

Azimuth: 282.9° SET 7:41

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

Location

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