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Star · F1IV

5 Peg

5 Peg is a subgiant star of spectral type F1IV in the constellation Pegasus, 290.8 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 106787
ConstellationPegasus
Distance290.8 light-years (89.1 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.46
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.71
Spectral typeF1IV
Surface temperature7,330 K
Luminosity44.7 L☉
Radius4.15 R☉
Mass2.69 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)21h 37m 45.4s
Declination (J2000)+19° 19′ 07″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)49.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.46). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 71° S. North of latitude 71° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1735. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 5 Peg, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.58, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 107896 17.8 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.