Pale orange star · Pegasus

Sadalbari

Also known as: μ Pegasi (μ Peg), HIP 112748

mag 3.5110 light-years

About

Sadalbari (μ Pegasi) is a pale orange star of magnitude 3.5 in Pegasus, about 110 light-years away.

Sadalbari is in the constellation Pegasus.
Best evenings: around mid-October it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from north of 55° S.

When it rises and sets tonight, how high it climbs and how much the Moon gets in the way are worked out in your browser for your place.

EyesVisible from the suburbs on a clear night, but lost in bright city skies.
Binoculars (10×50)A sharp point; binoculars bring out its colour and the fainter stars around it.
Telescope (6–8 inch)Still a point of light at any magnification — stars are too far away to show a disc. Low in the sky, bright stars twinkle and flash colours.

Stars look the same in any instrument: brighter and sharper, but never bigger.

Proper name	Sadalbari
Designation	μ Pegasi (μ Peg)
Hipparcos number	HIP 112748
Type	Pale orange star
Spectral type	M2III
Colour	Pale orangeB−V colour index 0.93
Magnitude	3.5The smaller the number, the brighter.
Distance	110 light-yearsThe light you see left it around 1920.
Proper motion	0.15″ per year across the sky
Constellation	Pegasus
Right ascension (J2000)	22h 50m 00.2s
Declination (J2000)	+24° 36′ 06″