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Star · A7V

52 Peg

52 Peg is a main-sequence star of spectral type A7V in the constellation Pegasus, 307.7 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 113503
ConstellationPegasus
Distance307.7 light-years (94.3 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.76
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.89
Spectral typeA7V
Surface temperature7,510 K
Luminosity38.4 L☉
Radius3.66 R☉
Mass2.58 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 59m 11.8s
Declination (J2000)+11° 43′ 44″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)25.0 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.76). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 78° S. North of latitude 78° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1718. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 5.5 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 52 Peg, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 9.70, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Crater. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

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

  • HIP 113480 15.3 light-years
  • HIP 113448 18.8 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.