61 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:30 | Tran: 10:23 | Set: 18:16

Alt: -12.94° Az: 28.28° Direction: North-North-East

61 Piscium is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Pisces.

61 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, 61 Piscium is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of 61 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 61 Piscium during the next 1000 years (2.62 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.10 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 49m 15s

Declination +21° 03’ 47”

Hour Angle 13h 58m 36s

Sidereal Time 14h 47m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 47m 54s

Declination +20° 55’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 121.82°

Galactic Latitude -41.94°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.54

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.74

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.5

Temperature 6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 61 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 61 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

61 Piscium is distant 187.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 57.44

Distance (light year) 187.25

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.157 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 61 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD4568

SAO Catalogue SAO74280

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3730

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 105

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 61 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.9° RISE 2:30

Max altitude: 59.6° TRANSIT 10:23

Azimuth: 291.1° SET 18:16

Set Location

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