55 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:51 | Tran: 9:48 | Set: 17:44

Alt: 58.77° Az: 158.89° Direction: South-South-East

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

55 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.36. Because of its faintness, 55 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 55 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 55 Piscium during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 41m 16s

Declination +21° 34’ 38”

Hour Angle 23h 13m 40s

Sidereal Time 23h 54m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 39m 55s

Declination +21° 26’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 119.36°

Galactic Latitude -41.35°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.36

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.14

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 55 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 55 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

55 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 55 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.36

Secondary star magnitude 8.56

Magnitude difference 3.2

Separation 6.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

55 Piscium is distant 410.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.94

Distance (light year) 410.58

Radial Speed -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 55 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD3690

SAO Catalogue SAO74182

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3138

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 87

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS558

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 55 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.4° RISE 1:51

Max altitude: 60.1° TRANSIT 9:48

Azimuth: 291.6° SET 17:44

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces