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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:03  ☀️ Transit: 12:06  🌅 Sunset: 18:09

14 Piscium

14 Piscium is a star in the constellation of Pisces.

14 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its reltive faintness, 14 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 14 Piscium:

5.87
14 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 13°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 14 Piscium

14 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 14 Piscium are provided in the following table:

23h 34m 09s
-01° 14’ 51”
84.09°
-58.17°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 14 Piscium in the sky:

Finder chart 14 Piscium star
Simplified finder chart for 14 Piscium.

Visibility of 14 Piscium from your location

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

Today's 14 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.2°
Max altitude: 37.3°
Azimuth: 268.8°
14 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 14 Piscium

The image below is a photograph of 14 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 14 Piscium is 0.108 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 14 Piscium star
DSS2 image of 14 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Piscium during the next 1000 years (1.80 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.22 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 14 Piscium from the Sun and relative movement

14 Piscium is distant 230.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

70.57 pc
230.06 ly
-3 km/s
0.108 arcsec/year
-0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 14 Piscium

14 Piscium belongs to spectral class A2

1.63
A2
7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 14 Piscium

SAO146780
SAO146780