Star profile

86 Pegasi

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

What is 86 Pegasi

86 Pegasi is a yellow G-type star about 373 light-years away, set in the region of the great Square of Pegasus, the sober and precise figure that guides autumn skywatchers. It shares its spectral class with the Sun, though it sits at a more advanced stage of evolution and burns more intensely. It rounds out one of the winged horse's secondary flanks, on the border with Andromeda and the Fishes.

Where it is and when to see it

86 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 52° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 63° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 43° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 77° S.

It ranks no. 55 in brightness among the 98 stars of Pegasus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Enif, the brightest: it lies about 35° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 370 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 86 Pegasi

Constellation: Pegasus
Apparent magnitude: 5.55
Distance: 372.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 1.425° · Dec 13.396°
Catalogue: HIP 476 · HD 87

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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