29 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:51 | Tran: 23:35 | Set: 5:22

Alt: 0.15° Az: 265.17° Direction: West

29 Piscium is a variable giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Pisces.

29 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, 29 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 29 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 29 Piscium during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 03m 05s

Declination -02° 53’ 22”

Hour Angle 05h 44m 31s

Sideral Time 05h 47m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 01m 49s

Declination -03° 01’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 94.59°

Galactic Latitude -63.14°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 29 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.1

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.39

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature 11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 29 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 29 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

29 Piscium is distant 408.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.31

Distance (light year) 408.52

Radial Speed 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 29 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD224926

SAO Catalogue SAO147041

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP145

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 5749

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14804

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 29 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.9° RISE 17:51

Max altitude: 35.6° TRANSIT 23:35

Azimuth: 267.1° SET 5:22

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces