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κ Pegasi (kappa Pegasi)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:11 | Tran: 12:38 | Set: 21:04
Alt: 64.27°   Az: 178.38°   Direction: South

κ Pegasi is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Pegasus.

κ Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.13. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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 κ Pegasi (kappa Pegasi) star
DSS2 image of κ Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Pegasi during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 45m 46s
+25° 45’ 40”
23h 56m 52s
21h 42m 39s

J2000

21h 44m 38s
+25° 38’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

78.41°
-20.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Pegasi (kappa Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.13
Sub-giant

1.39
F5IV
6724K

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

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

Star System Properties

κ 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 κ Pegasi double sysyem:

4.13
4.53
0.4
0.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Pegasi is distant 115.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

35.29
115.03
-8 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Pegasi
(kappa Pegasi)
SAO89949
SAO89949

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 64.2°
Max altitude: 64.3°
Azimuth: 295.8°