60 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:55 | Tran: 0:28 | Set: 7:05

Alt: -8.69° Az: 292.74° Direction: West-North-West

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

60 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Piscium during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 48m 40s

Declination +06° 52’ 32”

Hour Angle 07h 33m 17s

Sideral Time 08h 21m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 47m 23s

Declination +06° 44’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 121.13°

Galactic Latitude -56.12°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 60 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.99

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.26

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Piscium is distant 455.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 139.66

Distance (light year) 455.31

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 60 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD4526

SAO Catalogue SAO109461

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3697

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 104

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.1° RISE 17:55

Max altitude: 45.4° TRANSIT 0:28

Azimuth: 276.9° SET 7:05

Set Location

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