Salm - τ Pegasi (tau Pegasi)

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:44 | Tran: 9:00 | Set: 17:12

Alt: 29.44° Az: 87.86° Direction: East

Salm, also designated as τ Pegasi (tau Pegasi), is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Pegasus.

Salm visual magnitude is 4.6. Because of its moderate brightness, Salm 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 Salm - τ Pegasi (tau Pegasi) star

DSS2 image of Salm. The red arrow shows the motion of Salm during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 21m 53s

Declination +23° 52’ 46”

Hour Angle 19h 11m 29s

Sidereal Time 18h 33m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 20m 38s

Declination +23° 44’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 97.51°

Galactic Latitude -34.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Salm - τ Pegasi (tau Pegasi).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.6

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.05

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.17

Temperature 8403K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Salm is distant 167.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 51.28

Distance (light year) 167.18

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.033 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Salm

Bayer designation τ Pegasi
(tau Pegasi)

Flamsteed designation 62 Pegasi

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220061

SAO Catalogue SAO91186

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115250

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+22 4810

FK5 Catalogue 880

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Tau Peg

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 66.1° RISE 0:44

Max altitude: 62.4° TRANSIT 9:00

Azimuth: 293.9° SET 17:12

Set Location

Other stars in Pegasus