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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:36  ☀️ Transit: 13:02  🌅 Sunset: 19:29

2 Piscium

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

2 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its reltive faintness, 2 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 2 Piscium:

5.43
Giant
2 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 18°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 2 Piscium

2 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 2 Piscium are provided in the following table:

22h 59m 27s
+00° 57’ 46”
74.59°
-51.08°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 2 Piscium in the sky:

Finder chart 2 Piscium star
Simplified finder chart for 2 Piscium.

Visibility of 2 Piscium from your location

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

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

Azimuth: 89.0°
Max altitude: 39.5°
Azimuth: 271.0°
2 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 2 Piscium

The image below is a photograph of 2 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 2 Piscium is 0.086 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.071 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 2 Piscium star
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);

Distance of 2 Piscium from the Sun and relative movement

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.

85.98 pc
280.31 ly
-13 km/s
0.086 arcsec/year
-0.071 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 2 Piscium

2 Piscium belongs to spectral class K1

0.76
K1
4791K

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

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

2 Piscium 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:

5.43
13.13
7.7
3.9 arcsec

Alternative designations of 2 Piscium

SAO127881
SAO127881