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public  Bras-Panon, Reunion Bras-Panon, Reunion  ⓘ
TimezoneIndian/Reunion
Sunrise: 6:55 
Transit: 12:22 
Sunset: 17:50
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χ Piscium (chi Piscium)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 0:41 | Tran: 6:09 | Set: 11:33
Alt: 32.46°   Az: 314.64°   Direction: 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’ 11”
02h 40m 19s
03h 53m 09s

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 Bras-Panon, Reunion are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Reunion):

Azimuth: 68.8°
Max altitude: 47.8°
Azimuth: 291.2°