27 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:14 | Tran: 23:55 | Set: 5:40

Alt: -17.28° Az: 286.89° Direction: West-North-West

27 Piscium is a variable and double giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Pisces.

27 Piscium visual magnitude is 4.86. Because of its moderate brightness, 27 Piscium is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 27 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 27 Piscium during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 59m 56s

Declination -03° 25’ 05”

Hour Angle 07h 34m 59s

Sideral Time 07h 34m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 58m 40s

Declination -03° 33’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 92.51°

Galactic Latitude -63.27°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 27 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.86

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.68

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature 4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 27 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 27 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

27 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 27 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.86

Secondary star magnitude 10.16

Magnitude difference 5.3

Separation 1.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

27 Piscium is distant 223.59 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 68.59

Distance (light year) 223.59

Proper Motion RA -0.051 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.072"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 27 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD224533

SAO Catalogue SAO147008

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP118209

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 5996

FK5 Catalogue 900

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14785

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS17137

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 27 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.4° RISE 18:14

Max altitude: 35.1° TRANSIT 23:55

Azimuth: 266.6° SET 5:40

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces