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α Piscium (alpha Piscium)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:55 | Tran: 16:07 | Set: 22:20
Alt: 22.55°   Az: 244.27°   Direction: West-South-West

α Piscium is a double star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Pisces.

α Piscium visual magnitude is 5.23. Because of its faintness, α 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.

Image of α Piscium (alpha Piscium) star
DSS2 image of α Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of α Piscium during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 03m 20s
+02° 53’ 02”
03h 45m 39s
05h 49m 00s

J2000

02h 02m 02s
+02° 45’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

155.35°
-55.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Piscium (alpha Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.23

2.08
A3
10125K

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

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

Star System Properties

α Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the α Piscium double sysyem:

5.23
6.23
1
2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Piscium is distant 139.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

42.64
139.02
9 km/s
0.033 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

α Piscium
(alpha Piscium)
113 Piscium

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 87.1°
Max altitude: 41.4°
Azimuth: 272.9°