64 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:21 | Tran: 0:49 | Set: 8:21

Alt: -18.89° Az: 338.13° Direction: North-North-West

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

64 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.07. Because of its faintness, 64 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 64 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 64 Piscium during the next 1000 years (-0.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 50m 17s

Declination +17° 04’ 30”

Hour Angle 10h 33m 28s

Sideral Time 11h 23m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 48m 58s

Declination +16° 56’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 122.09°

Galactic Latitude -45.92°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 64 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.07

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.18

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.51

Temperature 6344K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 64 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 64 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

64 Piscium 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 64 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.07

Secondary star magnitude 12.47

Magnitude difference 7.4

Separation 76.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

64 Piscium is distant 77.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 23.92

Distance (light year) 77.99

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.204"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 64 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD4676

SAO Catalogue SAO92099

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3810

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 76

Gliese Catalogue Gl 34.1

FK5 Catalogue 1020

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 64 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.9° RISE 17:21

Max altitude: 55.6° TRANSIT 0:49

Azimuth: 287.1° SET 8:21

Set Location

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