β Piscis Austrini (beta Piscis Austrini)

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:41 | Tran: 8:11 | Set: 10:41

Alt: 4.22° Az: 161.99° Direction: South-South-East

β Piscis Austrini is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

β Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.29. Because of its moderate brightness, β Piscis Austrini is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of β Piscis Austrini (beta Piscis Austrini) star

DSS2 image of β Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of β Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 32m 56s

Declination -32° 12’ 54”

Hour Angle 22h 34m 30s

Sidereal Time 21h 07m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 31m 30s

Declination -32° 20’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 14.59°

Galactic Latitude -59.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for β Piscis Austrini (beta Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.29

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.00

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where β Piscis Austrini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of β Piscis Austrini. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

β Piscis Austrini is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the β Piscis Austrini double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.29

Secondary star magnitude 7.79

Magnitude difference 3.5

Separation 30.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

β Piscis Austrini is distant 148.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 45.48

Distance (light year) 148.25

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.065 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation β Piscis Austrini
(beta Piscis Austrini)

Flamsteed designation 17 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD213398

SAO Catalogue SAO213883

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP111188

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3217126

FK5 Catalogue 1592

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 122.2° RISE 5:41

Max altitude: 6.3° TRANSIT 8:11

Azimuth: 237.8° SET 10:41

Set Location

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