5 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:20 | Tran: 22:30 | Set: 4:43

Alt: 5.12° Az: 267.19° Direction: West

5 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pisces.

5 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.4. Because of its faintness, 5 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 5 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 5 Piscium during the next 1000 years (2.42 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 09m 56s

Declination +02° 15’ 44”

Hour Angle 05h 38m 28s

Sidereal Time 04h 48m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 08m 40s

Declination +02° 07’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 78.61°

Galactic Latitude -51.68°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 5 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.4

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.91

Temperature 4970K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

5 Piscium is distant 280.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 85.91

Distance (light year) 280.07

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.145 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.108"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 5 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD218527

SAO Catalogue SAO127993

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP114273

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+01 4686

FK5 Catalogue 3854

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 87.7° RISE 16:20

Max altitude: 40.8° TRANSIT 22:30

Azimuth: 272.3° SET 4:43

Set Location

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