τ-Peg (Star)

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

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From Fairfield , τ-Peg is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:01 (EDT), 21° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:33, 72° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:49, 56° above your western horizon.

Name τ-Peg
Object type Star
Other names
τ-Peg
Tau Pegasi
62-Peg
62 Pegasi
HR 8880[1]
HD 220061
HIP 115250[3]
TYC 2237-1659-1[2]
Gaia EDR3- 2840673506807375360[4]
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

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