Star · B8V
Homam
Homam is a main-sequence star of spectral type B8V in the constellation Pegasus, 204.4 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | ζ Peg · HIP 112029 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Distance | 204.4 light-years (62.7 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 3.41 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −0.57 |
| Spectral type | B8V |
| Surface temperature | 11,340 K |
| Luminosity | 249 L☉ |
| Radius | 4.08 R☉ |
| Mass | 4.39 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 22h 41m 27.7s |
| Declination (J2000) | +10° 49′ 53″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 24.9 km/s |
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 3.41). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 79° S. North of latitude 79° 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 1822. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 3.6 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Homam, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 8.81, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Sextans. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Neighbours
Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):
- HIP 111783 6.31 light-years
- HIP 112143 8.69 light-years
- HIP 112503 8.78 light-years
- HIP 111300 8.97 light-years
- HIP 112008 10.2 light-years
- HIP 112960 10.3 light-years
- HIP 112714 11.6 light-years
- HIP 113119 15.3 light-years
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.