58 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:47 | Tran: 9:47 | Set: 16:47

Alt: 30.77° Az: 249.16° Direction: West-South-West

58 Piscium is a bright giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pisces.

58 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, 58 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 58 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 58 Piscium during the next 10000 years (9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 48m 21s

Declination +12° 06’ 43”

Hour Angle 03h 40m 51s

Sidereal Time 04h 29m 13s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 47m 01s

Declination +11° 58’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 121.22°

Galactic Latitude -50.88°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.98

Spectral Type G8II

Color Index (B-V) 0.97

Temperature 4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 58 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 58 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

58 Piscium is distant 261.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 80.32

Distance (light year) 261.85

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.058 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 58 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD4482

SAO Catalogue SAO92080

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3675

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 96

FK5 Catalogue 2050

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 58 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.9° RISE 2:47

Max altitude: 50.6° TRANSIT 9:47

Azimuth: 282.1° SET 16:47

Set Location

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