Star profile

Kappa Pegasi

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is Kappa Pegasi

Kappa Pegasi is an F-type star roughly 112 light-years away, set in one of the legs of the winged horse. Behind its apparently single glow hides one of the sky's most studied multiple systems: three components locked in a complex dance, two of them so close that only spectroscopy reveals them. It is a relatively nearby neighbor, a white-yellow light pulsing with the combined energy of several stars at once.

Where it is and when to see it

Kappa 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 September, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 64° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 75° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 30° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 64° S.

It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 98 stars of Pegasus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Enif, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 110 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Kappa Pegasi

Constellation: Pegasus
Apparent magnitude: 4.14
Distance: 111.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 326.161° · Dec 25.645°
Catalogue: HIP 107354 · HD 206901

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Other stars in Pegasus

Pegasus has 98 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 98 stars in Pegasus