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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:48  ☀️ Transit: 13:04  🌅 Sunset: 19:21

80 Piscium

80 Piscium is a variable and multiple hypergiant star in the constellation of Pisces.

80 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its reltive faintness, 80 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 80 Piscium:

5.52
Hypergiant
80 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Altitude: 38°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 80 Piscium

80 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 80 Piscium are provided in the following table:

01h 08m 22s
+05° 38’ 58”
130.68°
-56.96°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 80 Piscium in the sky:

Finder chart 80 Piscium star
Simplified finder chart for 80 Piscium.

Visibility of 80 Piscium from your location

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

Today's 80 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.4°
Max altitude: 44.2°
Azimuth: 275.6°
80 Piscium is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of 80 Piscium

The image below is a photograph of 80 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 80 Piscium is -0.264 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.185 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 80 Piscium star
DSS2 image of 80 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 80 Piscium during the next 1000 years (-4.40 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.08 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 80 Piscium from the Sun and relative movement

80 Piscium is distant 117.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

35.92 pc
117.10 ly
7 km/s
-0.264 arcsec/year
-0.185 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 80 Piscium

80 Piscium belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

2.74
F0III
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 80 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 80 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

80 Piscium star system properties

80 Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 80 Piscium double sysyem:

5.52
9.32
3.8
159.3 arcsec

Alternative designations of 80 Piscium

SAO109697
SAO109697