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λ Pegasi (lambda Pegasi)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:49 | Tran: 6:04 | Set: 14:16
Alt: 2.34°   Az: 53.52°   Direction: North-East

λ Pegasi is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pegasus.

λ Pegasi visual magnitude is 3.95. Because of its moderate brightness, λ 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 λ Pegasi (lambda Pegasi) star
DSS2 image of λ Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Pegasi during the next 10000 years (9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 47m 45s
+23° 42’ 00”
16h 05m 17s
14h 53m 02s

J2000

22h 46m 31s
+23° 33’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

89.26°
-31.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Pegasi (lambda Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.95
Giant

-1.47
G8III
4581K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Pegasi is distant 394.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

121.07
394.67
-4 km/s
0.058 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Pegasi
(lambda Pegasi)
SAO90775
SAO90775

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 66.3°
Max altitude: 62.2°
Azimuth: 293.7°