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Also known as Helvetios

star in the constellation Pegasus

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
PM*
Spectral type
G2IV
Distance
51 light-years
Redshift
z = -0.00011062041373444131
Coordinates
RA 344.3666° · Dec 20.7688°
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Key facts

Constellation
Pegasus
Right ascension
22 57 27.9805
Declination
+20 ° 46 ′ 07.797 ″
Evolutionary stage
main sequence
Spectral type
G2V+
U b color index
+0.20
B v color index
+0.67

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

51 Pegasi, also named Helvetios (/hɛlˈviːʃiəs/), is a Sun-like star located 50.6 light-years (15.5 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation of Pegasus. It was the first main-sequence star found to have an exoplanet (designated 51 Pegasi b, officially named Dimidium) orbiting it.

Properties

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “51 Pegasi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.