9 Pegasi
Star in the constellation Pegasus
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9 Pegasi (9 Peg) is a supergiant star in the constellation Pegasus. Its apparent magnitude is 4.35.
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| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Right ascension | 21h 44m 30.69581s[1] |
| Declination | +17° 21′ 00.0571″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.35[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | G5Ib[3] |
| U−B color index | +0.96[2] |
| B−V color index | +1.17[2] |
| Astrometry | |
| Radial velocity (Rv) | −23.11[4] km/s |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 8.66[1] mas/yr Dec.: −11.33[1] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 3.52±0.22 mas[1] |
| Distance | 900 ly (276[5] pc) |
| Absolute magnitude (MV) | ~−3[6] |
| Details | |
| Mass | 7.1[3] M☉ |
| Radius | 61[5] R☉ |
| Luminosity | 1,950[7] L☉ |
| Surface gravity (log g) | 1.58[3] cgs |
| Temperature | 4,910[3] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.04[6] dex |
| Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 10[3] km/s |
| Other designations | |
| 9 Peg, HR 8313, BD+16°4582, HD 206859, SAO 107365, HIP 107348 | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
9 Pegasi is defined and used as an MK standard star for the spectral type G5 Ib.[8][9] It is a yellow supergiant nearly two thousand times more luminous than the sun and sixty times larger. It has been reported to be slightly variable and is listed in the New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars with a magnitude range of 4.20 to 4.35.[10]
9 Pegasi does not have a Bayer designation although it is brighter than several stars in Pegasus that do such as τ, φ, and σ Pegasi, because it was included in the constellation Battery of Volta, along with 1 Pegasi. It is the 9th star numbered by Flamsteed in order of right ascension. In the 1795 French-language Fortin-Flamsteed edition of the Atlas Coelestis, 9 Pegasi is labelled with the letter "g".[11]