'''Mu Pegasi''' ('''μ Pegasi''', abbreviated '''Mu Peg''', '''μ Peg'''), also named '''Sadalbari''',<ref name="IAU-LSN">{{cite web | url=https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/ | title=Naming Stars |publisher=IAU.org |accessdate=16 December 2017}}</ref> is a [[star]] in the northern [[constellation]] of [[Pegasus (constellation)|Pegasus]]. The [[Apparent magnitude| apparent visual magnitude]] of this star is 3.5,<ref name=mnras172_667/> which is [[Bortle Dark-Sky Scale|bright enough]] to be seen with the naked eye even on a moonlit night. Based upon [[stellar parallax|parallax]] measurements taken during the [[Hipparcos]] mission, it is approximately {{Convert|106|ly|pc|abbr=off|lk=on}} from the [[Sun]].<ref name=aaa474_2_653/>
==Nomenclature==
''μ Pegasi'' ([[Latinisation of names|Latinised]] to ''Mu Pegasi'') is the star's [[Bayer designation]].
It bore the traditional name ''Sadalbari'', which derives from the [[Arabic]] term for "luck star of the splendid one".<ref name="allen">{{cite book
| author=Allen, Richard Hinckley
| author-link=Richard Hinckley Allen
| year=1963 |origyear=1899
| title=Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning
| edition=[[Reprint|rep]].
| publisher=[[Dover Publications]] Inc.
| location=[[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]]
| accessdate=22 May 2016 | postscript=. }}</ref> to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved the name ''Sadalbari'' for this star on 21 August 2016 and it is now so included in the List of IAU-approved Star Names.<ref name="IAU-LSN"/>
In [[Chinese language|Chinese]], {{lang|zh|離宮}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Lì Gōng}}), meaning
''[[Encampment (Chinese constellation)|Resting Palace]]'', refers to an [[asterism (astronomy)| asterism]] consisting of Mu Pegasi, [[Lambda Pegasi]], [[Omicron Pegasi]], [[Eta Pegasi]], [[Tau Pegasi]] and [[Nu Pegasi]].<ref>{{zh icon}} ''中國星座神話'', written by 陳久金. Published by 台 灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, {{ISBN|978-986-7332-25-7}}.</ref> Consequently, Mu Pegasi itself is known as {{lang|zh|離宮二}} ({{lang|zh-Latn|Lì Gōng èr}}, "the Second Star of Resting Palace").<ref>{{zh icon}} [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstars_ala_ alz.htm 香港太空館 - 研究資源 - 亮星中英對照表] {{webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081025110153/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/ Research/StarName/c_research_chinengstars_ala_alz.htm |date=2008-10-25 }}, Hong Kong Space Museum. Accessed on line November 23, 2010.</ref>
==Properties==
The [[stellar spectrum|spectrum]] of this star matches a [[stellar classification]] of
G8 III.<ref name=aaa508_3_1313/> The [[luminosity class]] of 'III' means that it has exhausted the hydrogen fuel at its core and [[stellar evolution|evolved]] into a [[giant star]]. It is slightly more massive [[solar mass|than the Sun]], but has expanded to nearly ten times [[solar radius|the Sun's radius]].<ref name=aj118_6_3032/> (Mishenina et al. (2006) list it with an estimated 2.7 times the mass of the Sun.<ref name=aaa456_3_1109/>) The [[effective temperature]] of the outer atmosphere is about 4,950 K,<ref name=aaa508_3_1313/> which is cooler than the Sun and gives it the yellow hue of a G-type star.<ref name=csiro/><ref name=kaler/> The abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium, what astronomers term the [[metallicity]], is similar to the abundance in the Sun.<ref name=aaa508_3_1313/> ==References==
last2=Latham | first2=David W. | last3=Stefanik | first3=Robert P. | last4=Fogel | first4=Jeffrey | title=Rotational and Radial Velocities for a Sample of 761 HIPPARCOS Giants and the Role of Binarity | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=135 | issue=1 | pages=209–231 | date=January 2008 | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/209 | bibcode=2008AJ....135..209M }}</ref>
<ref name=mnras172_667>{{citation | last1=Jennens | first1=P. A. | last2=Helfer | first2=H. L. |
title=A new photometric metal abundance and luminosity calibration for field G and K giants. | journal=[[Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]] | volume=172 | pages=667–679 | date=September 1975 | bibcode=1975MNRAS.172..667J | doi=10.1093/mnras/172.3.667}}</ref>
<ref name=SIMBAD>{{citation | title=48 Peg -- High proper-motion Star | work=SIMBAD |
publisher=[[Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg]] | url=http://simbad.u- strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=HD+216131 | accessdate=2012-01-28 }}</ref>
<ref name=kaler>{{citation | first1=James B. | last1=Kaler | title=SADALBARI (Lambda and Mu
