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.

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

Right Ascension 00h 10m 20s

Declination +18° 21’ 11”

Hour Angle 17h 16m 32s

Sidereal Time 17h 26m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 09m 02s

Declination +18° 12’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 108.99°

Galactic Latitude -43.51°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.53

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.77

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

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

Distance (parsec) 89.53

Distance (light year) 291.85

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.137 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 87 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD448

SAO Catalogue SAO91734

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP729

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 7

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° RISE 1:37

Max altitude: 56.9° TRANSIT 9:13

Azimuth: 288.4° SET 16:49

Set Location

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