13 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:46 | Tran: 5:48 | Set: 11:45

Alt: 36.94° Az: 96.60° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 23h 33m 16s

Declination -00° 56’ 42”

Hour Angle 20h 29m 44s

Sidereal Time 20h 03m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 31m 57s

Declination -01° 05’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 83.41°

Galactic Latitude -57.73°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.38

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.57

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature 4348K

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

Distance (parsec) 245.70

Distance (light year) 800.98

Radial Speed -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 13 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD221409

SAO Catalogue SAO146756

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116146

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-01 4450

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 13 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Ginir, Ethiopia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Addis_Ababa):

Azimuth: 90.9° RISE 23:46

Max altitude: 81.9° TRANSIT 5:48

Azimuth: 269.1° SET 11:45

Name:	Ginir, Ethiopia
Latitude:	7° 8' 22.3" N
Longitude:	40° 42' 38.9" E
Timezone:	Africa/Addis_Ababa

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