87 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:23 | Tran: 9:46 | Set: 17:10

Alt: 54.35° Az: 191.54° Direction: South-South-West

87 Piscium is a variable giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Pisces.

87 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, 87 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 87 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 87 Piscium during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 15m 28s

Declination +16° 16’ 03”

Hour Angle 00h 27m 54s

Sidereal Time 01h 43m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 14m 07s

Declination +16° 08’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 130.84°

Galactic Latitude -46.39°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.98

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.05

Spectral Type B8III

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 87 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 87 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

87 Piscium is distant 500.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 153.37

Distance (light year) 500.00

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 87 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD7374

SAO Catalogue SAO92326

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5778

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+15 177

FK5 Catalogue 2083

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 445

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 87 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.7° RISE 2:23

Max altitude: 54.8° TRANSIT 9:46

Azimuth: 286.3° SET 17:10

Set Location

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