Sky of Your Day
  1. Stars with a name
  2. Enif

Enif

ε Pegasi

Enif is an orange supergiant, in the constellation Pegasus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1336.

Where to find it

From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in July, August, September, October, and November.

Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 2.38.

What it’s like

It gives off 4,349 times as much light as the Sun.

Its surface is at about 3,800 degrees.

It is 689.6 light years away: 6524 trillion kilometres.

Other named stars in Pegasus