47 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:53 | Tran: 1:31 | Set: 9:05

Alt: 36.22° Az: 252.29° Direction: West-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 00h 29m 20s

Declination +18° 01’ 46”

Hour Angle 03h 35m 39s

Sideral Time 04h 05m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 28m 02s

Declination +17° 53’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 115.1°

Galactic Latitude -44.62°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 47 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.06

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.83

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.65

Temperature 3581K

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

Distance (parsec) 150.38

Distance (light year) 490.23

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.117 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 47 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD2411

SAO Catalogue SAO91910

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2219

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 55

General Catalogue of Variable Stars TV Psc

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° RISE 17:53

Max altitude: 56.5° TRANSIT 1:31

Azimuth: 288.0° SET 9:05

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Pisces