21 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:24 | Tran: 6:32 | Set: 12:36

Alt: -0.07° Az: 272.04° Direction: South-West

21 Piscium is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Pisces.

21 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 21 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 21 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 21 Piscium during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 50m 45s

Declination +01° 13’ 04”

Hour Angle 06h 06m 32s

Sidereal Time 05h 57m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 49m 27s

Declination +01° 04’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 92.57°

Galactic Latitude -58.09°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.20

Spectral Type A5V

Color Index (B-V) 0.16

Temperature 8486K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

21 Piscium is distant 267.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 82.03

Distance (light year) 267.43

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 21 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD223438

SAO Catalogue SAO128401

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117491

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 5054

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 88.8° RISE 0:24

Max altitude: 39.7° TRANSIT 6:32

Azimuth: 271.2° SET 12:36

Set Location

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