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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 5:52  ☀️ Transit: 12:04  🌅 Sunset: 18:18

34 Piscium

34 Piscium is a double main-sequence star in the constellation of Pisces.

34 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its reltive faintness, 34 Piscium should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 34 Piscium:

5.51
Main-sequence
34 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 46°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 34 Piscium

34 Piscium is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 34 Piscium are provided in the following table:

00h 10m 02s
+11° 08’ 44”
106.87°
-50.43°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 34 Piscium in the sky:

Finder chart 34 Piscium star
Simplified finder chart for 34 Piscium.

Visibility of 34 Piscium from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 34 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.9°
Max altitude: 49.7°
Azimuth: 281.1°
34 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 34 Piscium

The image below is a photograph of 34 Piscium from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 34 Piscium is 0.041 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 34 Piscium star
DSS2 image of 34 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 34 Piscium during the next 10000 years (6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 34 Piscium from the Sun and relative movement

34 Piscium is distant 324.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

99.60 pc
324.70 ly
14 km/s
0.041 arcsec/year
-0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 34 Piscium

34 Piscium belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.52
B9V
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 34 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 34 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

34 Piscium star system properties

34 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 34 Piscium double sysyem:

5.51
9.91
4.4
7.7 arcsec

Alternative designations of 34 Piscium

SAO91750
SAO91750