77 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:14 | Tran: 10:37 | Set: 17:00

Alt: 38.22° Az: 144.05° Direction: South-East

77 Piscium is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Pisces.

77 Piscium visual magnitude is 7.25. Because of its faintness, 77 Piscium is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of 77 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 77 Piscium during the next 1000 years (0.48 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.98 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 07m 10s

Declination +05° 02’ 41”

Hour Angle 22h 09m 39s

Sidereal Time 23h 16m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 05m 51s

Declination +04° 54’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 129.68°

Galactic Latitude -57.77°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 7.25

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 4.03

Spectral Type F6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.49

Temperature 6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 77 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 77 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

77 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 77 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 7.25

Secondary star magnitude 8.25

Magnitude difference 1

Separation 33 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

77 Piscium is distant 143.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 44.07

Distance (light year) 143.68

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.119"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 77 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6480

SAO Catalogue SAO109667

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5144

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 176

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS903

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 77 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.0° RISE 4:14

Max altitude: 43.6° TRANSIT 10:37

Azimuth: 275.0° SET 17:00

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces