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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:45  ☀️ Transit: 13:03  🌅 Sunset: 19:23

73 Piscium

73 Piscium is a giant star in the constellation of Pisces.

73 Piscium visual magnitude is 6. Because of its reltive faintness, 73 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 73 Piscium:

6
Giant
73 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 44°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 73 Piscium

73 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 73 Piscium are provided in the following table:

01h 04m 52s
+05° 39’ 23”
129.09°
-57.05°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 73 Piscium in the sky:

Finder chart 73 Piscium star
Simplified finder chart for 73 Piscium.

Visibility of 73 Piscium from your location

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

Today's 73 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.3°
Max altitude: 44.2°
Azimuth: 275.7°
73 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 73 Piscium

The image below is a photograph of 73 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 73 Piscium is 0.028 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 73 Piscium star
DSS2 image of 73 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 73 Piscium during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 73 Piscium from the Sun and relative movement

73 Piscium is distant 721.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

221.24 pc
721.24 ly
-15 km/s
0.028 arcsec/year
-0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 73 Piscium

73 Piscium belongs to spectral class K5

-0.72
K5
3779K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 73 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 73 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 73 Piscium

SAO109656
SAO109656