79 Pegasi

Altitude: 27.7° Azimuth: 77.5° Direction: East-North-East

79 Pegasi is a star in the constellation of Pegasus.

79 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its reltive faintness, 79 Pegasi should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 79 Pegasi:

Color of 79 Pegasi ⬤

Magnitude of 79 Pegasi 5.97

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

79 Pegasi is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 27.7°
Azimuth: 77.5°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 79 Pegasi

79 Pegasi is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 79 Pegasi are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 49m 39s

Declination J2000 +28° 50’ 33”

Galactic Longitude 106.95°

Galactic Latitude -32.1°

Constellation Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 79 Pegasi in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 79 Pegasi.

Visibility of 79 Pegasi from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 79 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.2° RISE 10:27

Max altitude: 67.4° TRANSIT 19:19

Azimuth: 298.8° SET 4:16

Digitized Sky Survey image of 79 Pegasi

The image below is a photograph of 79 Pegasi from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 79 Pegasi is 0.061 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.024 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 79 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 79 Pegasi during the next 10000 years (10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 79 Pegasi from the Sun and relative movement

79 Pegasi is distant 266.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 81.83 pc

Distance (light year) 266.78 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.061 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.024 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 79 Pegasi

79 Pegasi belongs to spectral class A2

Absolute magnitude 1.41

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature of 79 Pegasi 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 79 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 79 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 79 Pegasi

Flamsteed designation 79 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD223461

SAO Catalogue SAO91522

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117500

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 4649

FK5 Catalogue 3913

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