68 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:48 | Tran: 0:42 | Set: 9:41

Alt: 8.00° Az: 52.22° Direction: North-East

68 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Pisces.

68 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, 68 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 68 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 68 Piscium during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 59m 11s

Declination +29° 07’ 32”

Hour Angle 16h 14m 31s

Sideral Time 17h 13m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 57m 50s

Declination +28° 59’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 124.62°

Galactic Latitude -33.86°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 68 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.42

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.25

Spectral Type G6

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature 4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 68 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 68 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

68 Piscium is distant 704.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 215.98

Distance (light year) 704.10

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 68 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD5575

SAO Catalogue SAO74395

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP4510

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 157

FK5 Catalogue 1023

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 68 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.9° RISE 15:48

Max altitude: 67.6° TRANSIT 0:42

Azimuth: 299.1° SET 9:41

Set Location

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