44 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:13 | Tran: 9:21 | Set: 15:30

Alt: 29.51° Az: 229.91° Direction: South-West

44 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Pisces.

44 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, 44 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 44 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 44 Piscium during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 26m 42s

Declination +02° 04’ 48”

Hour Angle 02h 47m 06s

Sidereal Time 03h 13m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 25m 24s

Declination +01° 56’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 109.73°

Galactic Latitude -60.26°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.77

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.53

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.86

Temperature 5106K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 44 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 44 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

44 Piscium is distant 592.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 181.82

Distance (light year) 592.73

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 44 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD2114

SAO Catalogue SAO109192

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2006

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+01 57

FK5 Catalogue 1010

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 44 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.9° RISE 3:13

Max altitude: 40.6° TRANSIT 9:21

Azimuth: 272.1° SET 15:30

Set Location

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