26 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:09 | Tran: 8:43 | Set: 15:18

Alt: 36.96° Az: 133.87° Direction: South-East

26 Piscium is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Pisces.

26 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Piscium during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 56m 25s

Declination +07° 12’ 44”

Hour Angle 21h 38m 02s

Sidereal Time 21h 34m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 55m 07s

Declination +07° 04’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 99.18°

Galactic Latitude -53.18°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.75

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Piscium is distant 403.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 123.76

Distance (light year) 403.47

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 26 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD224103

SAO Catalogue SAO128466

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117927

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+06 5216

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.8° RISE 2:09

Max altitude: 45.7° TRANSIT 8:43

Azimuth: 277.2° SET 15:18

Set Location

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