Star profile

59 Pegasi

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is 59 Pegasi

59 Pegasi drifts inside the body of the winged horse, about 242 light-years away from Earth. It is a white A-type sun, with a temperature near 8,000 degrees that lends its light a cool, clean, almost metallic cast. It shares the sky with the famous Great Square of Pegasus, the large autumn rectangle the Northern Hemisphere has used for centuries to find its bearings just east of Andromeda.

Where it is and when to see it

59 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 47° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 58° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 47° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 81° S.

It ranks no. 38 in brightness among the 98 stars of Pegasus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Enif, the brightest: it lies about 22° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 240 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 59 Pegasi

Constellation: Pegasus
Apparent magnitude: 5.15
Distance: 242.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 347.934° · Dec 8.720°
Catalogue: HIP 114520 · HD 218918

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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