Algenib (Star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , Algenib is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:47, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:16, 62° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:45, 56° above your south-western horizon.

Name Algenib
Object type Star
Other names
Algenib
γ-Peg
Gamma Pegasi
88-Peg
88 Pegasi
HR 39[1]
HD 886
HIP 1067[5]
TYC 1179-1775-1[4]
Gaia EDR3- 2769202742740232960[6]
Position
Right ascension:00h13m14s [6]
Declination:+15°11'00" [6]
Constellation:Pegasus
Magnitude:
Variable
2.84 (V) [3]
2.58 (BT) [2]
2.80 (VT) [2]
2.85 (G) [6]
3.10 (BP) [6]
3.01 (RP) [6]
Distance:143.9 parsec
469.2 lightyrs [6]
B-V Color (mag):-0.19
Proper motion (speed):10.7 mas/yr[6]
Proper motion (pos ang):177.4°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-2.95

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