2 Pegasi

2 Pegasi
Location of 2 Pegasi (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 21h 29m 56.89545s
Declination 23° 38 19.8170
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.52
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB
Spectral type M1+III
U−B color index +1.93
B−V color index +1.62
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−18.92 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +24.74 mas/yr
Dec.: +3.63 mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.28±0.18 mas
Distance394 ± 9 ly
(121 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.89
Details
Mass1.2 M
Radius55 R
Luminosity646 L
Surface gravity (log g)1.57 cgs
Temperature3,921 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.16 dex
Other designations
2 Peg, NSV 25624, BD+23°4325, FK5 1565, GC 30109, HD 204724, HIP 106140, HR 8225, SAO 89752, CCDM J21299+2338A, WDS J21299+2338A
Database references
SIMBADdata

2 Pegasi is a single star in the constellation Pegasus, located approximately 394 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, red-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.52. The object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −19 km/s. It has a magnitude 12.7 visual companion, designated component B, at an angular separation of 30.4.

This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M1+III, currently on the asymptotic giant branch, having exhausted the hydrogen at its core and evolved away from the main sequence. The star has expanded to an estimated 55 times the radius of the Sun. It is radiating 646 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,921 K.