- Stars with a name
- Salm
Salm
τ Pegasi
Salm is a white star, in the constellation Pegasus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1864.
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 4.58.
What it’s like
It gives off 32 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 8,300 degrees.
It is 161.7 light years away: 1530 trillion kilometres.