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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:27 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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13 Piscium

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:24 | Tran: 14:17 | Set: 20:10
Alt: 12.22°   Az: 252.59°   Direction: West-South-West

13 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Pisces.

13 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, 13 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.

Image of 13 Piscium star
DSS2 image of 13 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 13 Piscium during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 33m 14s
-00° 56’ 49”
04h 35m 27s
04h 08m 42s

J2000

23h 31m 57s
-01° 05’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

83.41°
-57.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 13 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Giant

-0.57
K1III
4348K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

13 Piscium is distant 800.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

245.70
800.98
-23 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146756
SAO146756

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 90.9°
Max altitude: 37.6°
Azimuth: 269.1°