88 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:25 | Tran: 15:59 | Set: 22:33

Alt: -16.74° Az: 54.13° Direction: North-East

88 Piscium is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Pisces.

88 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, 88 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 88 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 88 Piscium during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 16m 00s

Declination +07° 07’ 39”

Hour Angle 15h 25m 46s

Sidereal Time 16h 41m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 14m 42s

Declination +06° 59’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 133.14°

Galactic Latitude -55.41°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.03

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.28

Spectral Type G6

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature 4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 88 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 88 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

88 Piscium is distant 461.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 141.44

Distance (light year) 461.10

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 88 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD7446

SAO Catalogue SAO109753

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5824

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+06 181

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 88 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 82.9° RISE 9:25

Max altitude: 45.6° TRANSIT 15:59

Azimuth: 277.1° SET 22:33

Set Location

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