Star · Orange-red · Pegasus

Enif

8 Peg · HIP 107315

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 21:49 · south · 49°

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Where is Enif?

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Look south, about 49° up at 21:49 in Pegasus.

From London tonight, Enif is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest after dark at 21:49, in the south at 49°.

At magnitude 2.4 it is visible by eye, even from many towns, when the sky is clear.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Enif looks orange-red to the eye (color is easier to see in binoculars). Its spectral type is K2Ib-II: orange supergiant (cooler than the Sun).

A orange-red point of light, visible even from many towns when it’s clear.

Brighter, and its orange-red color is easier to see.

Still a point of light: no amateur telescope shows a star’s surface.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

Enif is a star in Pegasus, shining at magnitude 2.4. Its spectral type, K2Ib-II, marks it as: orange supergiant (cooler than the Sun).

Sources: SkyMate; Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences