Star profile
9 Pegasi
Highly luminous starWhat is 9 Pegasi
9 Pegasi hangs on the flank of the winged horse like a yellow G-type lantern, a distant cousin of the Sun yet vastly more imposing: it shines with the luminosity of an evolved star, and its light takes more than nine centuries to arrive. When it set out, the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula were barely taking shape. It reaches us today as a calm golden reflection, already very unlike the young star that emitted it.
Where it is and when to see it
9 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: 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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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 9 Pegasi
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.34
- Distance
- 926.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 326.128° · Dec 17.350°
- Catalogue
- HIP 107348 · HD 206859
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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
- Kappa Pegasi4.14
- Xi Pegasi4.20
- Pi 2 Pegasi4.28
- AlkarabUpsilon Pegasi4.42
- 2 Pegasi4.52