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Lambda Pegasi

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is Lambda Pegasi

Lambda Pegasi sits south of Pegasus's head, where the winged horse leans toward the celestial equator. It is a yellow G-type giant whose light has been travelling for more than 365 years before touching our eyes —as many as the Gregorian calendar has been counted. It belongs to the lattice of middle-magnitude stars that give body to one of the oldest, most recognisable constellations of the northern hemisphere.

Where it is and when to see it

Lambda 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: 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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The signature wall

Stelvia's sky works like a signature wall: anyone can leave their name and a message on a real star, and that signature goes up on the map for everyone to read. Signing is free.

A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works

If you don't have an account yet, we'll ask for an email to confirm it's you: we send you a link and that's it, no password.

Write my signature

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 Lambda Pegasi

Constellation
Pegasus
Apparent magnitude
3.97
Distance
365.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 341.633° · Dec 23.566°
Catalogue
HIP 112440 · HD 215665

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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