16 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:17 | Tran: 6:31 | Set: 12:40

Alt: -13.72° Az: 291.81° Direction: South

16 Piscium is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Pisces.

16 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, 16 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 16 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Piscium during the next 1000 years (-1.72 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.02 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 37m 41s

Declination +02° 14’ 36”

Hour Angle 07h 41m 58s

Sidereal Time 07h 19m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 36m 23s

Declination +02° 06’ 07”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 88.23°

Galactic Latitude -55.63°

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Finder chart for 16 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.68

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.22

Spectral Type F6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.44

Temperature 6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

16 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 16 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.68

Secondary star magnitude 5.78

Magnitude difference 0.1

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Piscium is distant 101.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 30.99

Distance (light year) 101.02

Radial Speed 39 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.103 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.061"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD221950

SAO Catalogue SAO128281

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116495

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+01 4744

FK5 Catalogue 3895

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.8° RISE 0:17

Max altitude: 40.8° TRANSIT 6:31

Azimuth: 272.2° SET 12:40

Set Location

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