13 Piscis Austrini

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:43 | Tran: 21:38 | Set: 0:33

Alt: -34.64° Az: 264.15° Direction: West

13 Piscis Austrini is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

13 Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, 13 Piscis Austrini 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 13 Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 05m 49s

Declination -29° 47’ 44”

Hour Angle 07h 17m 37s

Sideral Time 05h 23m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 04m 23s

Declination -29° 55’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 18.45°

Galactic Latitude -53.4°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 13 Piscis Austrini.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.47

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.53

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.63

Temperature 3608K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 13 Piscis Austrini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 13 Piscis Austrini. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Piscis Austrini is distant 1,298.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 398.41

Distance (light year) 1,298.80

Radial Speed 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD209476

SAO Catalogue SAO213517

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP108952

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3018985

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Piscis Austrini rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.8° RISE 18:43

Max altitude: 8.7° TRANSIT 21:38

Azimuth: 240.2° SET 0:33

Set Location

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