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north SunriseRise: 7:48  
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13 Piscis Austrini

Altitude: 4.8°   Azimuth: 155.5°   Direction: South-South-East

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

13 Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its reltive faintness, 13 Piscis Austrini 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 13 Piscis Austrini:

6.47
Giant

13 Piscis Austrini is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 4.8°
Azimuth: 155.5°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 13 Piscis Austrini

13 Piscis Austrini is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 13 Piscis Austrini are provided in the following table:

22h 04m 23s
-29° 55’ 00”
18.45°
-53.4°
Piscis Austrinus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 13 Piscis Austrini in the sky:

Finder chart 13 Piscis Austrini star
Simplified finder chart for 13 Piscis Austrini.

Visibility of 13 Piscis Austrini 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 13 Piscis Austrini 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: 119.9°
Max altitude: 8.6°
Azimuth: 240.1°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 13 Piscis Austrini

The image below is a photograph of 13 Piscis Austrini 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 13 Piscis Austrini is 0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 13 Piscis Austrini star
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);

Distance of 13 Piscis Austrini from the Sun and relative movement

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.

398.41 pc
1,298.80 ly
23 km/s
0.014 arcsec/year
0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 13 Piscis Austrini

13 Piscis Austrini belongs to spectral class K5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-1.53
K5III
3608K

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

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

Alternative designations of 13 Piscis Austrini

13 Piscis Austrini
SAO213517
SAO213517