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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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χ Pegasi (chi Pegasi)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:58 | Tran: 9:46 | Set: 17:35
Alt: 16.41°   Az: 282.25°   Direction: West-North-West

χ Pegasi is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Pegasus.

χ Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.8. Because of its moderate brightness, χ Pegasi 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 χ Pegasi (chi Pegasi) star
DSS2 image of χ Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Pegasi during the next 1000 years (1.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 15m 55s
+20° 20’ 51”
05h 55m 54s
06h 11m 49s

J2000

00h 14m 36s
+20° 12’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

111.3°
-41.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Pegasi (chi Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.8
Giant

-0.20
M2III
3691K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Pegasi is distant 325.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

99.90
325.67
-46 km/s
0.093 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

χ Pegasi
(chi Pegasi)
SAO91792
SAO91792

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 69.7°
Max altitude: 58.9°
Azimuth: 290.3°