101 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:52 | Tran: 11:07 | Set: 18:22

Alt: 1.45° Az: 67.78° Direction: East-North-East

101 Piscium is a variable giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Pisces.

101 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, 101 Piscium is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 101 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 101 Piscium during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 37m 08s

Declination +14° 47’ 25”

Hour Angle 16h 52m 39s

Sidereal Time 18h 29m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 35m 46s

Declination +14° 39’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 138.71°

Galactic Latitude -46.85°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.22

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -3.02

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 101 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 101 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

101 Piscium is distant 2,295.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 704.23

Distance (light year) 2,295.77

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 101 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9766

SAO Catalogue SAO92530

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7436

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+13 240

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 559

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 101 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.2° RISE 3:52

Max altitude: 53.3° TRANSIT 11:07

Azimuth: 284.8° SET 18:22

Set Location

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