Iota Pegasi [SEP] constellation
Iota Pegasi
Iota Pegasi (ι Peg, ι Pegasi) is a star located within the constellation Pegasus. It is about 38 light-years from Earth. It is a spectroscopic binary system.
Iota Pegasi A is a yellowish-white star somewhat brighter than the sun. It and the dimmer Iota Pegasi B orbit each other with a period of about 10 days. In about four billion years from now, component A will evolve off the main sequence into a giant. In the process it will overflow its Roche
has been exhausted, they are enlarging and cooling to eventually become red giant stars. Markab has an apparent magnitude of 2.48, while Algenib is a Beta Cephei variable that varies between magnitudes 2.82 and 2.86 every 3 hours 38 minutes, and also exhibits some slow pulsations every 1.47 days.
Eta and Omicron Pegasi mark the left knee and Pi Pegasi the left hoof, while Iota and Kappa Pegasi mark the right knee and hoof. Also known as Matar, Eta Pegasi is the fifth-brightest star in the constellation. Shining