2 Pegasi

2 Pegasi
Location of 2 Pegasi (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Pegasus
Right ascension 21h 29m 56.89545s[1]
Declination 23° 38′ 19.8170″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.52[2]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage AGB[3]
Spectral type M1+III[4]
U−B color index +1.93[5]
B−V color index +1.62[5]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−18.92[6] km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +24.74[1] mas/yr
Dec.: +3.63[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)8.28 ± 0.18 mas[1]
Distance394 ± 9 ly
(121 ± 3 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.89[2]
Details
Radius55[7] R☉
Luminosity653[7] L☉
Temperature3,919[7] K
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[8]
Database references
SIMBADdata

2 Pegasi is a single[9] star in the constellation Pegasus, located approximately 394 light years away from the Sun based on parallax.[1] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, red-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.52.[2] The object is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −19 km/s.[6] It has a magnitude 12.7 visual companion, designated component B, at an angular separation of 30.4″.[10]

This is an aging red giant star with a stellar classification of M1+III,[4] currently on the asymptotic giant branch,[3] 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.[7] It is radiating 653 times the luminosity of the Sun from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,919 K.[7]

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  2. ^ a b c Anderson, E.; Francis, Ch. (2012). "XHIP: An extended hipparcos compilation". Astronomy Letters. 38 (5): 331. arXiv:1108.4971. Bibcode:2012AstL...38..331A. doi:10.1134/S1063773712050015. S2CID 119257644. Vizier catalog entry
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  6. ^ a b Famaey, B.; Pourbaix, D.; Frankowski, A.; Van Eck, S.; Mayor, M.; Udry, S.; Jorissen, A. (2009). "Spectroscopic binaries among Hipparcos M giants". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 498 (2): 627. arXiv:0901.0934. Bibcode:2009A&A...498..627F. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200810698. S2CID 18739721.
  7. ^ a b c d e Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  8. ^ "2 Peg". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Mason, Brian D.; Wycoff, Gary L.; Hartkopf, William I.; Douglass, Geoffrey G.; Worley, Charles E. (2001). "The 2001 US Naval Observatory Double Star CD-ROM. I. The Washington Double Star Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 122 (6): 3466. Bibcode:2001AJ....122.3466M. doi:10.1086/323920. Vizier catalog entry