2 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:56 | Tran: 8:00 | Set: 14:03

Alt: -35.43° Az: 21.30° Direction: North-North-East

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

2 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, 2 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 2 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Piscium during the next 10000 years (14.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 00m 45s

Declination +01° 05’ 57”

Hour Angle 13h 08m 53s

Sidereal Time 12h 09m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 59m 27s

Declination +00° 57’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 74.59°

Galactic Latitude -51.08°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.43

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.76

Spectral Type K1

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

2 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 2 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.43

Secondary star magnitude 13.13

Magnitude difference 7.7

Separation 3.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Piscium is distant 280.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 85.98

Distance (light year) 280.31

Radial Speed -13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.086 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 2 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD217264

SAO Catalogue SAO127881

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113521

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 4950

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS16431

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.9° RISE 1:56

Max altitude: 39.6° TRANSIT 8:00

Azimuth: 271.1° SET 14:03

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces