20 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:40 | Tran: 23:25 | Set: 5:14

Alt: -39.75° Az: 18.31° Direction: North-North-East

20 Piscium is a multiple giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pisces.

20 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.49. Because of its faintness, 20 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 20 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 20 Piscium during the next 1000 years (1.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.08 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 49m 12s

Declination -02° 37’ 26”

Hour Angle 12h 55m 58s

Sideral Time 12h 45m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 47m 56s

Declination -02° 45’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 88.27°

Galactic Latitude -61.28°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 20 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.49

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 20 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 20 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

20 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 20 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.49

Secondary star magnitude 9.89

Magnitude difference 4.4

Separation 172.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

20 Piscium is distant 291.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 89.37

Distance (light year) 291.33

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.096 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 20 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD223252

SAO Catalogue SAO146915

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117375

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 5707

FK5 Catalogue 1623

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 20 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.6° RISE 17:40

Max altitude: 35.9° TRANSIT 23:25

Azimuth: 267.4° SET 5:14

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces