Star profile
5 Pegasi
What is 5 Pegasi
5 Pegasi is a yellow-white F-type star that sits at the edges of the great winged horse, away from the bright Square but still belonging to the same vast autumn figure. Its surface runs hotter than the Sun's and gives off a clean light that crosses some three hundred and twenty-one years before arriving here —a span during which entire empires rose and fell upon the Earth.
Where it is and when to see it
5 Pegasi lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 58° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 69° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 37° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 71° S.
It ranks no. 50 in brightness among the 98 stars of Pegasus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Enif, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 320 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 5 Pegasi
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.46
- Distance
- 321.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 324.439° · Dec 19.319°
- Catalogue
- HIP 106787 · HD 205852
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Other stars in Pegasus
Pegasus has 98 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- EnifEpsilon Pegasi2.38
- ScheatBeta Pegasi2.44
- MarkabAlpha Pegasi2.49
- 30 Pegasi5.37
- 58 Pegasi5.39
- Helvetios5.45
- 75 Pegasi5.49
- 37 Pegasi5.51