Ligong

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann, Eric Mamajek, ASE Tech Team

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Ligong

Asterism Info
Native	離宮
Translation	a secondary or temporary palace
Position (2000)
Right ascension	341.6328246
Declination	23.5656561
Area	0 sq. deg.
Stars
Bright stars	1
Bayer/Flamsteed stars	1
Stars brighter than 3.00m	0
Brightest star	Ligong (3.93m)
Taxonomy
category of asterism	IAU-Star Name
IAU- constellations	Peg

Ligong is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN). Its origin is Chinese. It is the name of the star λ Peg in constellation Pegasus.

Concordance, Etymology, History

For details see Yingshi & Ligong (營室、離宮).

IAU Working Group on Star Names

In August 2026, the name Ligong was adopted by IAU WGSN for λ Peg (47 Peg, HR 8667, HD 215665, HIP 112440, GJ 4295). Ligong is a red giant star of spectral type G8IIIa CN0.5 situated about 116 parsecs away. Although not catalogued as a variable star, its apparent Johnson V magnitude has varied in the literature between 3.94 (Johnson et al. 1966), 3.97 (Hipparcos catalog), and 4.00 (Gaia DR3 synthetic photometry). Thus far, the star does not have any known companions.

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Weblinks

• SIMBAD page for lambda Peg

Reference

• References (general)
• References (early modern)
• Ian Ridpath's website (Star Tales )