51 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:58 | Tran: 1:36 | Set: 8:09

Alt: 45.50° Az: 174.51° Direction: South

51 Piscium is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Pisces.

51 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, 51 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 51 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 51 Piscium during the next 10000 years (5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 33m 40s

Declination +07° 05’ 30”

Hour Angle 23h 44m 29s

Sideral Time 00h 18m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 32m 23s

Declination +06° 57’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 114.55°

Galactic Latitude -55.61°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 51 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.67

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.13

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 51 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 51 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

51 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 51 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.67

Secondary star magnitude 6.37

Magnitude difference 0.7

Separation 0 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

51 Piscium is distant 263.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 80.91

Distance (light year) 263.75

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.035 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 51 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD2913

SAO Catalogue SAO109262

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2548

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+06 64

FK5 Catalogue 2032

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var?

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS449

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 51 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.9° RISE 18:58

Max altitude: 45.6° TRANSIT 1:36

Azimuth: 277.1° SET 8:09

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

Location

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