Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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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−B color index | -0.81[2] |
B−V color 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/s |
Age | 15.4±1.3[7] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
31 Pegasi is a single[9] star in the northern constellation of Pegasus. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued point of light with a baseline apparent 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 a radial velocity of −5.3 km/s.[4]
This is a massive Be star with a stellar classification of B2IV-V.[11] It is a γ 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 a projected 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 the mass of the Sun. It is radiating around 28,000 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 23,890 K.[6]