Star profile
Enif
Epsilon Pegasi · Pegasus
Variable starWhat is Enif
Enif marks the muzzle of Pegasus — the winged horse of Greek myth — some 690 light-years away from the Earth. It is an orange variable supergiant whose brightness rises and falls over the course of months without warning, one of those stars that astronomers patiently watch in the hope of catching a fresh change. The light now reaching European autumn skies left the star when the first Christian kingdoms of Iberia were beginning the slow Reconquista in the north, still with no idea how long it would take them to bring it to a close.
Where it is and when to see it
Enif 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: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Enif
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Apparent magnitude
- 2.38
- Distance
- 689.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 326.046° · Dec 9.875°
- Catalogue
- HIP 107315 · HD 206778
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Other stars in Pegasus
Pegasus has 98 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ScheatBeta Pegasi2.44
- MarkabAlpha Pegasi2.49
- AlgenibGamma Pegasi2.83
- MatarEta Pegasi2.93
- HomamZeta Pegasi3.41
- SadalbariMu Pegasi3.51
- BihamTheta Pegasi3.52
- Iota Pegasi3.77