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61 Piscium

Altitude: 26.6°   Azimuth: 89.2°   Direction: East

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

61 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its reltive faintness, 61 Piscium should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 61 Piscium:

6.54
Main-sequence

61 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 26.6°
Azimuth: 89.2°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 61 Piscium

61 Piscium is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 61 Piscium are provided in the following table:

00h 47m 54s
+20° 55’ 31”
121.82°
-41.94°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 61 Piscium in the sky:

Finder chart 61 Piscium star
Simplified finder chart for 61 Piscium.

Visibility of 61 Piscium from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 69.1°
Max altitude: 59.4°
Azimuth: 290.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 61 Piscium

The image below is a photograph of 61 Piscium from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 61 Piscium is 0.157 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.006 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 61 Piscium star
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);

Distance of 61 Piscium from the Sun and relative movement

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.

57.44 pc
187.25 ly
1 km/s
0.157 arcsec/year
0.006 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 61 Piscium

61 Piscium belongs to spectral class F8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

2.74
F8V
6389K

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

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

Alternative designations of 61 Piscium

SAO74280
SAO74280