5 Piscis Austrini

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:46 | Tran: 4:28 | Set: 7:10

Alt: -38.59° Az: 266.59° Direction: South-West

5 Piscis Austrini is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

5 Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, 5 Piscis Austrini 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 5 Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 30m 34s

Declination -31° 07’ 34”

Hour Angle 07h 37m 08s

Sidereal Time 05h 07m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 29m 03s

Declination -31° 14’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 14.98°

Galactic Latitude -46.02°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.5

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.19

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 5 Piscis Austrini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 5 Piscis Austrini. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Piscis Austrini is distant 376.88 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 115.61

Distance (light year) 376.88

Proper Motion RA 0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD204394

SAO Catalogue SAO213034

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP106067

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3118291

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 5 Piscis Austrini rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.1° RISE 1:46

Max altitude: 7.4° TRANSIT 4:28

Azimuth: 238.9° SET 7:10

Set Location

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