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:

Color of 80 Piscium ⬤

Magnitude of 80 Piscium 5.52

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW 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:

Right Ascension J2000 01h 08m 22s

Declination J2000 +05° 38’ 58”

Galactic Longitude 130.68°

Galactic Latitude -56.96°

Constellation Pisces

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

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° RISE 7:23

Max altitude: 44.2° TRANSIT 13:49

Azimuth: 275.6° SET 20:16

RIGHT NOW 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.

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.

Distance (parsec) 35.92 pc

Distance (light year) 117.10 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.264 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -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.

Absolute magnitude 2.74

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.34

Temperature of 80 Piscium 7217K

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

Main star magnitude 5.52

Secondary star magnitude 9.32

Magnitude difference 3.8

Separation 159.3 arcsec

Alternative designations of 80 Piscium

Flamsteed designation 80 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6763

SAO Catalogue SAO109697

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5346

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 190

FK5 Catalogue 2073

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 410

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