Lambda Pegasi

λ Pegasi
Location of λ Pegasi (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 22h 46m 31.87786s
Declination +23° 33 56.3561
Apparent magnitude (V) 3.93
Characteristics
Spectral type G8II-III
U−B color index +0.93
B−V color index +1.07
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)-4.15 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 55.75 mas/yr
Dec.: -10.15 mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.93±0.24 mas
Distance365 ± 10 ly
(112 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)-1.45
Details
Mass3.944±0.152 M
Radius28.254±1.633 R
Luminosity397±30 L
Surface gravity (log g)2.12±0.08 cgs
Temperature4,848±109 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.07±0.06 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)8.0 km/s
Other designations
λ Peg, 47 Peg, HR 8667, BD+22°4709, HD 215665, FK5 859, HIP 112440, SAO 90775, GC 31776, IRAS 22441+2318, 2MASS J22463188+2333564
Database references
SIMBADdata

Lambda Pegasi (λ Peg, λ Pegasi) is a fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Pegasus.

λ Pegasi is a yellow giant with stellar classification G8II-III. With a mass of 1.5 M and radius that is 28.5 R, the star boasts a bolometric luminosity that is roughly 390 L. Its apparent magnitude was calibrated in 1983 at 3.96, yielding an absolute magnitude of -1.45. Parallax calculations place the star at a distance of roughly 112 parsecs from Earth, or 365 ± 10 light years away, about three times the distance of its line-of-sight double μ Pegasi.

In the constellation, Lambda and Mu lie to the southwest of Beta Pegasi, the nearest bright star.