21 Piscis Austrini

21 Piscis Austrini is a giant star in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

21 Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its reltive faintness, 21 Piscis Austrini 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 21 Piscis Austrini:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 21 Piscis Austrini

21 Piscis Austrini is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 21 Piscis Austrini are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 21 Piscis Austrini in the sky:

Visibility of 21 Piscis Austrini from your location

Today's 21 Piscis Austrini rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Digitized Sky Survey image of 21 Piscis Austrini

The image below is a photograph of 21 Piscis Austrini 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 21 Piscis Austrini is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of 21 Piscis Austrini from the Sun and relative movement

21 Piscis Austrini is distant 370.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of 21 Piscis Austrini

21 Piscis Austrini belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 21 Piscis Austrini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of 21 Piscis Austrini