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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:09
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47 Piscium

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:23 | Tran: 14:57 | Set: 22:31
Alt: -17.32°   Az: 24.15°   Direction: North-North-East

47 Piscium is a variable giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Pisces.

47 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, 47 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.

Image of 47 Piscium star
DSS2 image of 47 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 47 Piscium during the next 1000 years (1.95 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 29m 21s
+18° 01’ 54”
13h 36m 59s
14h 06m 20s

J2000

00h 28m 02s
+17° 53’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

115.1°
-44.62°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Giant

-0.83
M3III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 47 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 47 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

47 Piscium is distant 490.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

150.38
490.23
6 km/s
0.117 arcsec/y
0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO91910
SAO91910

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 47 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.0°
Max altitude: 56.6°
Azimuth: 288.0°