7 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:49 | Tran: 6:19 | Set: 12:44

Alt: 3.90° Az: 86.03° Direction: South

7 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Pisces.

7 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.05. Because of its faintness, 7 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 7 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 7 Piscium during the next 10000 years (13.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 21m 38s

Declination +05° 31’ 16”

Hour Angle 17h 57m 19s

Sidereal Time 17h 18m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 20m 20s

Declination +05° 22’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 85.42°

Galactic Latitude -50.73°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.05

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.05

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.2

Temperature 4309K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 7 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 7 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

7 Piscium is distant 341.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.60

Distance (light year) 341.00

Radial Speed 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.082 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.062"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 7 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220009

SAO Catalogue SAO128126

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115227

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 4997

FK5 Catalogue 3871

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 7 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.5° RISE 23:49

Max altitude: 44.0° TRANSIT 6:19

Azimuth: 275.5° SET 12:44

Set Location

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