Matar (Star)

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

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From Cambridge , Matar is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:20 (EST), 73° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:13, 77° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:37, when it sinks below 15° above your north-western horizon.

Name Matar
Object type Star
Other names
Matar
η-Peg
Eta Pegasi
44-Peg
44 Pegasi
HR 8650[1]
HD 215182
NSV 14285
HIP 112158[3]
TYC 2736-1823-1[2]
Position
Right ascension:22h43m00s [2]
Declination:+30°13'16" [2]
Constellation:Pegasus
Magnitude:
Variable
2.93 (V) [2]
4.00 (BT) [2]
3.02 (VT) [2]
Distance:65.7 parsec
214.2 lightyrs [3]
B-V Color (mag):0.83
Proper motion (speed):28.8 mas/yr[3]
Proper motion (pos ang):152.9°
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-1.16

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