9 Piscium

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:25 | Tran: 4:26 | Set: 10:32

Alt: -18.44° Az: 74.36° Direction: East-North-East

9 Piscium is a variable giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Pisces.

9 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, 9 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 9 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 9 Piscium during the next 10000 years (7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 28m 33s

Declination +01° 15’ 47”

Hour Angle 16h 24m 07s

Sidereal Time 15h 52m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 27m 14s

Declination +01° 07’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 83.9°

Galactic Latitude -55.24°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.25

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.77

Spectral Type G7III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 9 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 9 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

9 Piscium is distant 406.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 124.84

Distance (light year) 406.99

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.044 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 9 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220858

SAO Catalogue SAO128188

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115768

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 4999

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14568

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 9 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Hannō, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 88.7° RISE 22:25

Max altitude: 55.4° TRANSIT 4:26

Azimuth: 271.3° SET 10:32

Name:	Hannō, Japan
Latitude:	35° 51' 6.8" N
Longitude:	139° 19' 4.8" E
Timezone:	Asia/Tokyo

Set Location

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