Alkarab - υ Pegasi (upsilon Pegasi)

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:39 | Tran: 8:53 | Set: 17:03

Alt: -5.29° Az: 319.51° Direction: North-West

Alkarab, also designated as υ Pegasi (upsilon Pegasi), is a giant star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Pegasus.

Alkarab visual magnitude is 4.4. Because of its moderate brightness, Alkarab is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of Alkarab - υ Pegasi (upsilon Pegasi) star

DSS2 image of Alkarab. The red arrow shows the motion of Alkarab during the next 1000 years (3.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.62 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 26m 38s

Declination +23° 32’ 37”

Hour Angle 09h 00m 36s

Sidereal Time 08h 27m 14s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 25m 22s

Declination +23° 24’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 98.55°

Galactic Latitude -35.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Alkarab - υ Pegasi (upsilon Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.4

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.77

Spectral Type F8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.61

Temperature 5929K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Alkarab is distant 173.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 53.11

Distance (light year) 173.13

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.193 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Alkarab

Bayer designation υ Pegasi
(upsilon Pegasi)

Flamsteed designation 68 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220657

SAO Catalogue SAO91253

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115623

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+22 4833

FK5 Catalogue 881

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 66.5° RISE 0:39

Max altitude: 62.1° TRANSIT 8:53

Azimuth: 293.5° SET 17:03

Set Location

Other stars in Pegasus