3 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:40 | Tran: 5:43 | Set: 11:43

Alt: -8.47° Az: 281.32° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 23h 01m 56s

Declination +00° 19’ 23”

Hour Angle 06h 56m 23s

Sidereal Time 05h 58m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 00m 37s

Declination +00° 11’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 74.11°

Galactic Latitude -51.86°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.25

Spectral Type G4III

Color Index (B-V) 0.89

Temperature 5023K

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

Distance (parsec) 196.08

Distance (light year) 639.22

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.044 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 3 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD217428

SAO Catalogue SAO146443

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113610

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 4443

FK5 Catalogue 3840

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var?

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 89.7° RISE 23:40

Max altitude: 38.8° TRANSIT 5:43

Azimuth: 270.3° SET 11:43

Set Location

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