80 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:33 | Tran: 10:00 | Set: 16:27

Alt: -31.53° Az: 343.87° Direction: North-North-West

80 Piscium is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Pisces.

80 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its faintness, 80 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 09m 41s

Declination +05° 47’ 05”

Hour Angle 11h 04m 54s

Sidereal Time 12h 14m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 08m 22s

Declination +05° 38’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 130.68°

Galactic Latitude -56.96°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.52

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.74

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.34

Temperature 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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 117.10

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.264 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.185"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 84.2° RISE 3:33

Max altitude: 44.3° TRANSIT 10:00

Azimuth: 275.8° SET 16:27

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces