97 Piscium

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:29 | Tran: 10:06 | Set: 17:43

Alt: 44.84° Az: 122.10° Direction: East-South-East

97 Piscium is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Pisces.

97 Piscium visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, 97 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 97 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of 97 Piscium during the next 10000 years (10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 31m 15s

Declination +18° 29’ 09”

Hour Angle 21h 22m 48s

Sidereal Time 22h 54m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 29m 52s

Declination +18° 21’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 135.56°

Galactic Latitude -43.57°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.02

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 0.70

Spectral Type A4IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.14

Temperature 8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 97 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 97 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

97 Piscium is distant 378.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 116.14

Distance (light year) 378.63

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.063 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 97 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9100

SAO Catalogue SAO92463

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP6981

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 210

General Catalogue of Variable Stars VX Psc

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 97 Piscium rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.5° RISE 2:29

Max altitude: 57.0° TRANSIT 10:06

Azimuth: 288.5° SET 17:43

Set Location

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