79 Pegasi

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:33 | Tran: 14:27 | Set: 23:20

Alt: 66.68° Az: 161.64° Direction: South-South-East

79 Pegasi is a star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Pegasus.

79 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its faintness, 79 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 50m 55s

Declination +28° 58’ 55”

Hour Angle 23h 27m 13s

Sidereal Time 23h 18m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 49m 39s

Declination +28° 50’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 106.95°

Galactic Latitude -32.1°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.97

Class

Absolute magnitude 1.41

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 266.78

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.061 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 79 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD223461

SAO Catalogue SAO91522

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117500

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 4649

FK5 Catalogue 3913

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 61.0° RISE 5:33

Max altitude: 67.5° TRANSIT 14:27

Azimuth: 299.0° SET 23:20

Set Location

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