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109 Piscium

Altitude: 3.8°   Azimuth: 62.0°   Direction: East-North-East

109 Piscium is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Pisces.

109 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its reltive faintness, 109 Piscium should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 109 Piscium:

6.27
Main-sequence

109 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 3.8°
Azimuth: 62.0°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 109 Piscium

109 Piscium is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 109 Piscium are provided in the following table:

01h 44m 55s
+20° 04’ 59”
139.67°
-41.04°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 109 Piscium in the sky:

Finder chart 109 Piscium star
Simplified finder chart for 109 Piscium.

Visibility of 109 Piscium from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 109 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.9°
Max altitude: 58.6°
Azimuth: 290.1°
109 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 109 Piscium

The image below is a photograph of 109 Piscium from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 109 Piscium is -0.041 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.109 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 109 Piscium star
DSS2 image of 109 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 109 Piscium during the next 1000 years (-0.68 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.82 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 109 Piscium from the Sun and relative movement

109 Piscium is distant 106.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

32.56 pc
106.15 ly
-44 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/year
-0.109 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 109 Piscium

109 Piscium belongs to spectral class G3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

3.71
G3V
5436K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 109 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 109 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 109 Piscium

109 Piscium
SAO92611
SAO92611