Eta Pegasi

Starbox short
name=η Pegasi
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Pegasus
ra=22^h 43^m 00.1^s
dec=+30° 30' 17"
spectral=G2II-III + F0V
appmag_v=+2.94
dist_ly=215
dist_pc=66
names=Matar, 44 Peg, HR 8650, HD 215182, FK5 857, SAO 90734

Eta Pegasi (η Peg) is a star in the constellation Pegasus. It also has the traditional name Matar (سعد المطر - "lucky star of rain").

Eta Pegasi is of spectral class G2II-III and has apparent magnitude +3.1. It is approximately 215 light years from Earth. It has a close companion of class F0V. There are also 2 class G stars further away that may or may not be physically related to the main pair.

External links

* [http://www.alcyone.de/SIT/bsc/bsc_search.html Bright Star Catalog]
* [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/matar.html Matar]