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public  Villa Pedergnano, Italy Villa Pedergnano, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:44 
Transit: 13:25 
Sunset: 21:06
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ι Pegasi (iota Pegasi)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:09 | Tran: 4:07 | Set: 12:01
Alt: -18.92°   Az: 2.04°   Direction: North

ι Pegasi is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Pegasus.

ι Pegasi visual magnitude is 3.76. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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 ι Pegasi (iota Pegasi) star
DSS2 image of ι Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Pegasi during the next 1000 years (4.97 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.42 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 08m 11s
+25° 28’ 13”
12h 08m 32s
10h 16m 44s

J2000

22h 07m 00s
+25° 20’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

82.26°
-24.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Pegasi (iota Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.76
Main-sequence

3.41
F5V
6674K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Pegasi is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ι Pegasi double sysyem:

3.76
11.16
7.4
103.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Pegasi is distant 38.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

11.76
38.33
-4 km/s
0.298 arcsec/y
0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

ι Pegasi
(iota Pegasi)
SAO90238
SAO90238

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ι Pegasi (iota Pegasi) rise, transit and set times from Villa Pedergnano, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 64.5°
Max altitude: 69.9°
Azimuth: 295.5°