36 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:17 | Tran: 23:57 | Set: 6:42

Alt: 28.51° Az: 245.41° Direction: West-South-West

36 Piscium is a bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pisces.

36 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, 36 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 36 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 36 Piscium during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 17m 50s

Declination +08° 22’ 39”

Hour Angle 03h 35m 29s

Sideral Time 03h 53m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 16m 34s

Declination +08° 14’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 108.28°

Galactic Latitude -53.64°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 36 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.11

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.45

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature 4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 36 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 36 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

36 Piscium is distant 441.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 135.50

Distance (light year) 441.73

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 36 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD1227

SAO Catalogue SAO109100

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP1319

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+07 27

FK5 Catalogue 2015

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 36 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.6° RISE 17:17

Max altitude: 46.9° TRANSIT 23:57

Azimuth: 278.4° SET 6:42

Set Location

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