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TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:50 
Transit: 12:35 
Sunset: 19:21
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57 Piscium

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:34 | Tran: 6:01 | Set: 12:33
Alt: -0.53°   Az: 287.47°   Direction: West-North-West

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.

Image of 57 Piscium star
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

00h 47m 53s
+15° 36’ 52”
06h 31m 46s
07h 19m 40s

J2000

00h 46m 32s
+15° 28’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

121.19°
-47.38°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Giant

-0.90
M4III
3581K

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

HR 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.

180.18
587.39
-27 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO92072
SAO92072

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 57 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Libu, Cina are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 74.4°
Max altitude: 81.1°
Azimuth: 285.6°