48 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:47 | Tran: 0:13 | Set: 7:42

Alt: -11.90° Az: 42.85° Direction: North-East

48 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Pisces.

48 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, 48 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 48 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 48 Piscium during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 29m 30s

Declination +16° 34’ 54”

Hour Angle 14h 55m 53s

Sideral Time 15h 25m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 28m 12s

Declination +16° 26’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 114.89°

Galactic Latitude -46.06°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 48 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.06

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.61

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.58

Temperature 3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 48 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 48 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

48 Piscium is distant 1,112.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 341.30

Distance (light year) 1,112.63

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 48 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD2436

SAO Catalogue SAO91912

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2224

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 63

FK5 Catalogue 1012

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 48 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.4° RISE 16:47

Max altitude: 55.1° TRANSIT 0:13

Azimuth: 286.6° SET 7:42

Set Location

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