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72 Pegasi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:18 | Tran: 13:36 | Set: 22:54
Alt: 24.78°   Az: 290.07°   Direction: West-North-West

72 Pegasi is a variable and double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Pegasus.

72 Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.98. Because of its moderate brightness, 72 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.

Image of 72 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 72 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 72 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 35m 12s
+31° 27’ 51”
05h 55m 22s
05h 30m 34s

J2000

23h 33m 57s
+31° 19’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

104.09°
-28.69°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.98
Giant

-1.15
K4III
3983K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 72 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 72 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

72 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 72 Pegasi double sysyem:

4.98
5.18
0.2
0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

72 Pegasi is distant 547.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

168.07
547.90
-24 km/s
0.052 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO73341
SAO73341

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 72 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.5°
Max altitude: 70.0°
Azimuth: 301.5°