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ρ Pegasi (rho Pegasi)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:37 | Tran: 13:21 | Set: 20:04
Alt: -21.42°   Az: 40.44°   Direction: North-East

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.

Image of ρ Pegasi (rho Pegasi) star
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

22h 56m 29s
+08° 57’ 00”
14h 30m 44s
13h 27m 14s

J2000

22h 55m 13s
+08° 48’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

80.79°
-44.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Pegasi (rho Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.9
Main-sequence

0.21
A1V
10125K

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

HR 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.

86.58
282.25
-10 km/s
0.079 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Pegasi
(rho Pegasi)
SAO127839
SAO127839

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°
Max altitude: 47.5°
Azimuth: 279.0°