Star in the constellation Pegasus
ν Pegasi , Latinized as Nu Pegasi is a single[ 12] star in the northern constellation of Pegasus . It is an orange-hued star that is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.84.[ 2] The star is located approximately 261 light years away based on parallax ,[ 7] but is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −19 km/s .[ 6]
This is an aging giant star , most likely (94% chance) on the red giant branch ,[ 3] with a stellar classification of K4III.[ 4] It is a suspected variable, with a magnitude range observed from 4.83 to 4.86.[ 5] With the supply of hydrogen at its core exhausted, the star has cooled and expanded to 24.6 times the Sun's radius . It is 13% more massive than the Sun and is radiating 149 times the Sun's luminosity from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,073 K .[ 9]
References
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^ a b Reffert, Sabine; et al. (2015). "Precise radial velocities of giant stars". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 574 : A116. arXiv :1412.4634 . Bibcode :2015A&A...574A.116R . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201322360 . hdl :10722/215277 . S2CID 59334290 . Vizier catalog entry
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^ Eggleton, P. P.; Tokovinin, A. A. (September 2008). "A catalogue of multiplicity among bright stellar systems" . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society . 389 (2): 869– 879. arXiv :0806.2878 . Bibcode :2008MNRAS.389..869E . doi :10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13596.x . S2CID 14878976 .