78 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:31 | Tran: 19:57 | Set: 5:26

Alt: 39.52° Az: 274.09° Direction: West

78 Piscium is a sub-giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Pisces.

78 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, 78 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 78 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 78 Piscium during the next 1000 years (3.40 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 09m 24s

Declination +32° 08’ 41”

Hour Angle 04h 21m 21s

Sidereal Time 05h 30m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 08m 01s

Declination +32° 00’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 127.02°

Galactic Latitude -30.73°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.25

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 3.14

Spectral Type F5IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature 6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 78 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 78 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

78 Piscium is distant 136.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 41.89

Distance (light year) 136.57

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.204 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 78 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6680

SAO Catalogue SAO54445

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5319

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+31 185

FK5 Catalogue 2072

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 78 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.9° RISE 10:31

Max altitude: 70.7° TRANSIT 19:57

Azimuth: 302.1° SET 5:26

Set Location

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