21 Piscis Austrini

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:08 | Tran: 0:07 | Set: 3:09

Alt: -23.96° Az: 252.28° Direction: West-South-West

21 Piscis Austrini is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

21 Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its faintness, 21 Piscis Austrini 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 21 Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of 21 Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 52m 42s

Declination -29° 24’ 16”

Hour Angle 06h 09m 16s

Sideral Time 05h 01m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 51m 20s

Declination -29° 32’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 20.59°

Galactic Latitude -63.54°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 21 Piscis Austrini.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.97

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.69

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.91

Temperature 4970K

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

H-R diagram showing the position of 21 Piscis Austrini. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 113.64

Distance (light year) 370.45

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 21 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD216210

SAO Catalogue SAO191444

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP112862

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3019324

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 119.4° RISE 21:08

Max altitude: 9.1° TRANSIT 0:07

Azimuth: 240.6° SET 3:09

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Piscis Austrinus