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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:28 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:00
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77 Pegasi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:41 | Tran: 14:32 | Set: 21:24
Alt: 24.17°   Az: 255.88°   Direction: West-South-West

77 Pegasi is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Pegasus.

77 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, 77 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 77 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 77 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 77 Pegasi during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 44m 39s
+10° 28’ 14”
04h 16m 30s
04h 01m 09s

J2000

23h 43m 22s
+10° 19’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

96.87°
-49.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 77 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Giant

-1.94
M2III
3541K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 77 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 77 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

77 Pegasi is distant 817.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

250.63
817.04
-34 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO108789
SAO108789

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 77 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.5°
Max altitude: 49.0°
Azimuth: 280.5°