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5 Piscis Austrini

Altitude: -64.5°   Azimuth: 45.6°   Direction: North-East

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

5 Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its reltive faintness, 5 Piscis Austrini should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 5 Piscis Austrini:

6.5
Hypergiant

5 Piscis Austrini is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -64.5°
Azimuth: 45.6°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 5 Piscis Austrini

5 Piscis Austrini is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 5 Piscis Austrini are provided in the following table:

21h 29m 03s
-31° 14’ 18”
14.98°
-46.02°
Piscis Austrinus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 5 Piscis Austrini in the sky:

Finder chart 5 Piscis Austrini star
Simplified finder chart for 5 Piscis Austrini.

Visibility of 5 Piscis Austrini from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 121.2°
Max altitude: 7.3°
Azimuth: 238.8°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 5 Piscis Austrini

The image below is a photograph of 5 Piscis Austrini from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 5 Piscis Austrini is 0.022 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.011 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 5 Piscis Austrini star
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);

Distance of 5 Piscis Austrini from the Sun and relative movement

5 Piscis Austrini is distant 376.88 light years from the Sun

115.61 pc
376.88 ly
0.022 arcsec/year
-0.011 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 5 Piscis Austrini

5 Piscis Austrini belongs to spectral class A0

1.19
A0
9766K

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

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

Alternative designations of 5 Piscis Austrini

5 Piscis Austrini
SAO213034
SAO213034