ρ Pegasi (rho Pegasi)

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:02 | Tran: 5:50 | Set: 12:33

Alt: -23.70° Az: 325.51° Direction: South-South-West

ρ Pegasi is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Pegasus.

ρ Pegasi visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, ρ 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.

DSS2 image of ρ Pegasi. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Pegasi during the next 10000 years (13.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 56m 30s

Declination +08° 57’ 07”

Hour Angle 09h 53m 21s

Sidereal Time 08h 49m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 55m 13s

Declination +08° 48’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 80.79°

Galactic Latitude -44.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Pegasi (rho Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.9

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.21

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Pegasi is distant 282.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 86.58

Distance (light year) 282.25

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.079 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ρ Pegasi
(rho Pegasi)

Flamsteed designation 50 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD216735

SAO Catalogue SAO127839

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113186

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 4961

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 81.0° RISE 23:02

Max altitude: 47.5° TRANSIT 5:50

Azimuth: 279.0° SET 12:33

Set Location

Other stars in Pegasus