66 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:05 | Tran: 0:47 | Set: 8:33

Alt: 46.89° Az: 235.62° Direction: South-West

66 Piscium is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Pisces.

66 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, 66 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 66 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 66 Piscium during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 55m 54s

Declination +19° 19’ 20”

Hour Angle 02h 26m 49s

Sideral Time 03h 22m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 54m 35s

Declination +19° 11’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 123.96°

Galactic Latitude -43.68°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 66 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.74

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.48

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 66 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 66 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

66 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 66 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.74

Secondary star magnitude 6.54

Magnitude difference 0.8

Separation 0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

66 Piscium is distant 367.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 112.61

Distance (light year) 367.12

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 66 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD5267

SAO Catalogue SAO92145

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP4267

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 122

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS746

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 66 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.7° RISE 17:05

Max altitude: 57.8° TRANSIT 0:47

Azimuth: 289.3° SET 8:33

Set Location

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