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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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ψ Pegasi (psi Pegasi)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:56 | Tran: 14:19 | Set: 22:42
Alt: 10.67°   Az: 62.54°   Direction: East-North-East

ψ Pegasi is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Pegasus.

ψ Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.66. Because of its moderate brightness, ψ 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 ψ Pegasi (psi Pegasi) star
DSS2 image of ψ Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ Pegasi during the next 10000 years (-5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 59m 02s
+25° 16’ 52”
16h 58m 38s
16h 57m 41s

J2000

23h 57m 45s
+25° 08’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

107.85°
-36.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ψ Pegasi (psi Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.66
Giant

-0.95
M3III
3663K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ Pegasi is distant 432.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

132.63
432.36
-4 km/s
-0.034 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ Pegasi
(psi Pegasi)
SAO91611
SAO91611

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 64.7°
Max altitude: 63.8°
Azimuth: 295.3°