73 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:41 | Tran: 10:09 | Set: 16:36

Alt: 26.79° Az: 116.93° Direction: East-South-East

73 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Pisces.

73 Piscium visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, 73 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 06m 11s

Declination +05° 47’ 31”

Hour Angle 20h 27m 29s

Sidereal Time 21h 33m 41s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 04m 52s

Declination +05° 39’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 129.09°

Galactic Latitude -57.05°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.72

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.51

Temperature 3779K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 221.24

Distance (light year) 721.24

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 73 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6386

SAO Catalogue SAO109656

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5074

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 172

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 84.2° RISE 3:41

Max altitude: 44.3° TRANSIT 10:09

Azimuth: 275.8° SET 16:36

Set Location

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