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Sunset: 20:52
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87 Pegasi

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:37 | Tran: 9:13 | Set: 16:49
Alt: 7.76°   Az: 70.17°   Direction: East-North-East

87 Pegasi is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Pegasus.

87 Pegasi visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its faintness, 87 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 87 Pegasi star
DSS2 image of 87 Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of 87 Pegasi during the next 1000 years (2.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 10m 20s
+18° 21’ 11”
17h 16m 32s
17h 26m 53s

J2000

00h 09m 02s
+18° 12’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

108.99°
-43.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 87 Pegasi.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.53
Giant

0.77
G9III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 87 Pegasi is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 87 Pegasi. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

87 Pegasi is distant 291.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

89.53
291.85
-23 km/s
0.137 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO91734
SAO91734

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 87 Pegasi rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.6°
Max altitude: 56.9°
Azimuth: 288.4°