Star profile

87 Pegasi

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

What is 87 Pegasi

87 Pegasi is a yellow G-class star some two hundred and eighty-five light-years away, set on the flank of Pegasus’ great square. Its colour recalls the Sun, though at such a distance it must in nature be a far more luminous giant or subgiant. Its light set out when the Netherlands were seeing the first generation of refracting telescopes come into being.

Where it is and when to see it

87 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 October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 68° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 38° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 72° S.

It ranks no. 57 in brightness among the 98 stars of Pegasus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Enif, the brightest: it lies about 36° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 87 Pegasi

Constellation: Pegasus
Apparent magnitude: 5.57
Distance: 285.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 2.260° · Dec 18.212°
Catalogue: HIP 729 · HD 448

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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