6 Piscis Austrini

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:21 | Tran: 4:31 | Set: 6:41

Alt: -53.32° Az: 280.96° Direction: South-West

6 Piscis Austrini is a variable and double sub-giant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

6 Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 5.97. Because of its faintness, 6 Piscis Austrini 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 6 Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Piscis Austrini during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 33m 46s

Declination -33° 49’ 51”

Hour Angle 09h 00m 22s

Sidereal Time 06h 34m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 32m 14s

Declination -33° 56’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 11.18°

Galactic Latitude -46.99°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.97

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.46

Spectral Type A2IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.05

Temperature 9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Piscis Austrini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Piscis Austrini. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

6 Piscis Austrini 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 6 Piscis Austrini double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.97

Secondary star magnitude 13.27

Magnitude difference 7.3

Separation 6.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Piscis Austrini is distant 411.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 126.26

Distance (light year) 411.62

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 6 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD204854

SAO Catalogue SAO213078

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP106340

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3415110

FK5 Catalogue 1566

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 13762

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 6 Piscis Austrini rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.8° RISE 2:21

Max altitude: 4.7° TRANSIT 4:31

Azimuth: 236.2° SET 6:41

Set Location

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