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χ Piscium (chi Piscium)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:33 | Tran: 10:27 | Set: 18:21
Alt: -15.25°   Az: 340.65°   Direction: North-North-West

χ Piscium is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pisces.

χ Piscium visual magnitude is 4.66. Because of its moderate brightness, χ Piscium 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 χ Piscium (chi Piscium) star
DSS2 image of χ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Piscium during the next 10000 years (6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 12m 49s
+21° 10’ 08”
10h 39m 47s
11h 52m 37s

J2000

01h 11m 27s
+21° 02’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

129.18°
-41.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Piscium (chi Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.66
Giant

-0.99
G8III
4672K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Piscium is distant 439.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

134.77
439.35
16 km/s
0.038 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Piscium
(chi Piscium)
SAO74544
SAO74544

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 68.8°
Max altitude: 59.7°
Azimuth: 291.2°