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73 Pegasi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:57 | Tran: 13:40 | Set: 23:24
Alt: 41.20°   Az: 85.28°   Direction: East

73 Pegasi is a giant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pegasus.

73 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, 73 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 73 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 73 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 73 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 35m 53s
+33° 38’ 10”
19h 43m 01s
19h 18m 54s

J2000

23h 34m 38s
+33° 29’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

105.06°
-26.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 73 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.63
Giant

0.77
K0
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 73 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 73 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

73 Pegasi is distant 305.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

93.63
305.24
-3 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO73345
SAO73345

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 73 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.4°
Max altitude: 72.2°
Azimuth: 303.6°