57 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:51 | Tran: 9:11 | Set: 16:31

Alt: 5.63° Az: 71.92° Direction: East-North-East

57 Piscium is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Pisces.

57 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, 57 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 57 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 57 Piscium during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 47m 53s

Declination +15° 36’ 50”

Hour Angle 17h 16m 47s

Sidereal Time 18h 04m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 46m 32s

Declination +15° 28’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 121.19°

Galactic Latitude -47.38°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.38

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.90

Spectral Type M4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.65

Temperature 3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 57 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 57 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

57 Piscium is distant 587.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 180.18

Distance (light year) 587.39

Radial Speed -27 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 57 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD4408

SAO Catalogue SAO92072

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3632

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+14 111

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 293

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.4° RISE 1:51

Max altitude: 54.1° TRANSIT 9:11

Azimuth: 285.6° SET 16:31

Set Location

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