Star in the constellation Pegasus
31 Pegasi Location of 31 Pegasi (circled)
Observation dataEpoch J2000 Equinox J2000 Constellation Pegasus Right ascension 22h 21m 31.07511s [ 1] Declination 12° 12′ 18.6628″[ 1] Apparent magnitude (V)4.99[ 2] Characteristics Spectral type B2IV-Ve[ 3] U−Bcolor index -0.81[ 2] B−Vcolor index -0.10[ 2] Variable type γ Cas Astrometry Radial velocity (Rv )−5.30[ 4] km/s Proper motion (μ)RA: +6.32[ 1] mas /yr Dec.: +4.80[ 1] mas /yr Parallax (π)2.01± 0.28 mas [ 1] Distance approx. 1,600 ly (approx. 500 pc ) Absolute magnitude (MV )−3.61[ 5] Details[ 6] Mass 12.5± 0.7 M ☉ Luminosity (bolometric) 27,925+4,360 −3,770 L ☉ Surface gravity (log g ) 3.71± 0.15 cgs Temperature 23,890± 740 K Rotational velocity (v sin i ) 98± 8 km/sAge 15.4± 1.3[ 7] Myr Other designations 31 Peg ,IN Peg ,BD +11°4784 ,FK5 843 ,GC 31255 ,HD 212076 ,HIP 110386 ,HR 8520 ,SAO 107854[ 8] Database references SIMBAD data
31 Pegasi is a single[ 9] star in the northernconstellation ofPegasus . It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued point of light with a baselineapparent visual magnitude of 4.99.[ 2] It is located approximately 1,600 light years away from the Sun based on parallax,[ 1] but is drifting closer with aradial velocity of −5.3 km/s.[ 4]
Alight curve for IN Pegasi, plotted fromHipparcos data[ 10] This is amassive Be star with astellar classification of B2IV-V.[ 11] It is aγ Cas variable ; a type of shell star with a circumstellar disc of gas surrounding the star at the equator, and ranges from 5.05 up to 4.85 in visual magnitude.[ 12] It is spinning with aprojected rotational velocity of 98 km/s, with the pole being inclined by an estimated angle of 26°± 9° to the line of sight from the Earth.[ 6] The star is 15.4[ 7] million years old with 12.5[ 6] times themass of the Sun . It is radiating around 28,000 times theluminosity of the Sun from itsphotosphere at aneffective temperature of 23,890 K.[ 6]
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