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ν Pegasi (nu Pegasi)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:56 | Tran: 5:24 | Set: 11:48
Alt: 35.20°   Az: 135.12°   Direction: South-East

ν Pegasi is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Pegasus.

ν Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.84. Because of its moderate brightness, ν 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 ν Pegasi (nu Pegasi) star
DSS2 image of ν Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of ν Pegasi during the next 1000 years (1.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 06m 57s
+05° 10’ 59”
21h 38m 29s
19h 45m 26s

J2000

22h 05m 40s
+05° 03’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

65.37°
-38.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ν Pegasi (nu Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.84
Giant

0.30
K4III
3886K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ν Pegasi is distant 263.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

80.78
263.33
-16 km/s
0.111 arcsec/y
0.1"/y

Alternative Designations

ν Pegasi
(nu Pegasi)
SAO127285
SAO127285

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 84.8°
Max altitude: 43.7°
Azimuth: 275.2°