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public  Viveiro, Spagna Viveiro, Spagna  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Madrid
Sunrise: 6:54 
Transit: 14:34 
Sunset: 22:14
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3 Piscium

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:47 | Tran: 6:50 | Set: 12:49
Alt: 12.51°   Az: 258.25°   Direction: West-South-West

3 Piscium is a variable giant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Pisces.

3 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, 3 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.

Image of 3 Piscium star
DSS2 image of 3 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 3 Piscium during the next 10000 years (7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 01m 56s
+00° 19’ 23”
04h 51m 36s
03h 53m 33s

J2000

23h 00m 37s
+00° 11’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

74.11°
-51.86°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Giant

-0.25
G4III
5023K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 3 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 3 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

3 Piscium is distant 639.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

196.08
639.22
-16 km/s
0.044 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146443
SAO146443

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 3 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Viveiro, Spagna are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Madrid):

Azimuth: 89.7°
Max altitude: 46.7°
Azimuth: 270.3°