- Stars with a name
- Helvetios
Helvetios
51 Pegasi
Helvetios is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Pegasus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1975.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in August, September, October, November, and December.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.45.
What it’s like
It gives off about as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,700 degrees.
It is 50.9 light years away: 482 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1975: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.