52 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:34 | Tran: 7:27 | Set: 15:16

Alt: 6.50° Az: 294.90° Direction: South

52 Piscium is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pisces.

52 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, 52 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 52 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 52 Piscium during the next 1000 years (2.25 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.78 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 33m 55s

Declination +20° 26’ 05”

Hour Angle 07h 03m 36s

Sidereal Time 07h 37m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 32m 35s

Declination +20° 17’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 116.94°

Galactic Latitude -42.36°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.38

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.90

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature 4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 52 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 52 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

52 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 52 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.38

Secondary star magnitude 12.18

Magnitude difference 6.8

Separation 49.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

52 Piscium is distant 256.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 78.80

Distance (light year) 256.90

Radial Speed -13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.135 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 52 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD2910

SAO Catalogue SAO74084

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP2568

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 79

FK5 Catalogue 2033

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS452

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 52 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.6° RISE 23:34

Max altitude: 59.0° TRANSIT 7:27

Azimuth: 290.4° SET 15:16

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces