τ-Peg (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , τ-Peg is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:44 (EDT) – 3 hours and 59 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 28° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:28.
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Name
τ-Peg
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 23h20m38s [4] |
| Declination: | +23°44'25" [4] |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 4.59 (V) [2] 4.79 (BT) [2] 4.60 (VT) [2] 4.53 (G) [4] 4.64 (BP) [4] 4.35 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 48.3 parsec 157.4 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.16 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 36.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 94.0° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.17 |
Sources