24 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:10 | Tran: 8:53 | Set: 14:36

Alt: 16.92° Az: 118.07° Direction: East-South-East

24 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Pisces.

24 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, 24 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 24 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 24 Piscium during the next 10000 years (12.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 54m 13s

Declination -03° 00’ 51”

Hour Angle 20h 09m 09s

Sidereal Time 20h 03m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 52m 55s

Declination -03° 09’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 90.15°

Galactic Latitude -62.24°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.93

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.00

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 1.07

Temperature 4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 24 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 24 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

24 Piscium is distant 499.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 153.14

Distance (light year) 499.23

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.075 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 24 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD223825

SAO Catalogue SAO146954

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117761

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 5723

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 24 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.0° RISE 3:10

Max altitude: 35.5° TRANSIT 8:53

Azimuth: 267.0° SET 14:36

Set Location

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