33 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:20 | Tran: 23:50 | Set: 5:24

Alt: 32.89° Az: 183.48° Direction: South

33 Piscium is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pisces.

33 Piscium visual magnitude is 4.61. Because of its moderate brightness, 33 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 33 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 33 Piscium during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 14.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 06m 36s

Declination -05° 34’ 10”

Hour Angle 00h 11m 44s

Sideral Time 00h 18m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 05m 20s

Declination -05° 42’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 93.75°

Galactic Latitude -65.93°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 33 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.61

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.63

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 33 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 33 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

33 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 33 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.61

Secondary star magnitude 7.11

Magnitude difference 2.5

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

33 Piscium is distant 128.45 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 39.40

Distance (light year) 128.45

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.089"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 33 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD28

SAO Catalogue SAO128572

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP443

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 6357

FK5 Catalogue 1002

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var?

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 33 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.6° RISE 18:20

Max altitude: 33.0° TRANSIT 23:50

Azimuth: 264.4° SET 5:24

Set Location

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