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71 Pegasi

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:15 | Tran: 14:18 | Set: 22:22
Alt: -10.92°   Az: 330.67°   Direction: North-North-West

71 Pegasi is a variable giant star of spectral class M5 in the constellation of Pegasus.

71 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its faintness, 71 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.

Image of 71 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 71 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 71 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 34m 43s
+22° 38’ 15”
09h 54m 20s
09h 29m 04s

J2000

23h 33m 28s
+22° 29’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

100.25°
-36.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 71 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.32
Giant

-0.91
M5III
3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 71 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 71 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

71 Pegasi is distant 574.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

176.37
574.96
3 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO91340
SAO91340

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 71 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.4°
Max altitude: 61.2°
Azimuth: 292.6°