31 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:05 | Tran: 1:53 | Set: 8:37

Alt: -6.85° Az: 66.01° Direction: East-North-East

31 Piscium is a main-sequence star of spectral class A6 in the constellation of Pisces.

31 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, 31 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 31 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 31 Piscium during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 03m 40s

Declination +09° 05’ 39”

Hour Angle 16h 26m 56s

Sideral Time 16h 30m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 02m 24s

Declination +08° 57’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 103.01°

Galactic Latitude -52.01°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 31 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.71

Spectral Type A6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.18

Temperature 8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 31 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 31 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

31 Piscium is distant 431.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 132.45

Distance (light year) 431.79

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 31 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD224995

SAO Catalogue SAO128544

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP186

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 5164

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 31 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.9° RISE 19:05

Max altitude: 47.6° TRANSIT 1:53

Azimuth: 279.1° SET 8:37

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

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