75 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:40 | Tran: 9:17 | Set: 16:54

Alt: 12.62° Az: 76.00° Direction: East-North-East

75 Pegasi is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Pegasus.

75 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its faintness, 75 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 75 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 75 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 39m 13s

Declination +18° 32’ 28”

Hour Angle 17h 48m 13s

Sidereal Time 17h 27m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 37m 56s

Declination +18° 24’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 99.54°

Galactic Latitude -41.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 75 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.53

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.21

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 75 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 75 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

75 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 75 Pegasi double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.53

Secondary star magnitude 11.73

Magnitude difference 6.2

Separation 27.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

75 Pegasi is distant 238.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 73.26

Distance (light year) 238.83

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.05 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 75 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD222133

SAO Catalogue SAO108732

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116611

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 4952

FK5 Catalogue 3896

General Catalogue of Variable Stars KS Peg

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 75 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.5° RISE 1:40

Max altitude: 57.1° TRANSIT 9:17

Azimuth: 288.5° SET 16:54

Set Location

Other stars in Pegasus