Star profile
HIP 109023
What is HIP 109023
Within Pegasus, the winged horse, shines an orange K-type star, cooler than the Sun and bearing a warm, honey-like tone. Its light began its journey almost four centuries ago, when Descartes proposed doubting everything in order to rebuild it with reasons. Across 389 light-years it has carried that warm, quiet ember, faithful to a time that understood the mind, like the sky, could also be mapped from within.
Where it is and when to see it
HIP 109023 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 65° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 76° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 29° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 63° S.
It ranks no. 73 in brightness among the 98 stars of Pegasus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Enif, the brightest: it lies about 18° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 390 years ago.
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Astronomical data for HIP 109023
- Constellation
- Pegasus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.75
- Distance
- 389.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 331.297° · Dec 26.674°
- Catalogue
- HIP 109023 · HD 209761
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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
- 23 Pegasi5.69
- HIP 1119745.72
- HIP 1092095.74
- 34 Pegasi5.76
- 52 Pegasi5.76