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public  Malasin, Philippines Malasin, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:31 
Transit: 12:01 
Sunset: 18:30
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73 Piscium

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:32 | Tran: 5:37 | Set: 11:46
Alt: -63.39°   Az: 324.96°   Direction: North-West

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.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 06m 12s
+05° 47’ 33”
11h 00m 04s
12h 06m 16s

J2000

01h 04m 52s
+05° 39’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

129.09°
-57.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 73 Piscium.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Giant

-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

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.

221.24
721.24
-15 km/s
0.028 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO109656
SAO109656

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 73 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Malasin, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 84.2°
Max altitude: 79.5°
Azimuth: 275.8°