χ Piscium (chi Piscium)

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:39 | Tran: 0:32 | Set: 8:30

Alt: 6.47° Az: 63.83° Direction: East-North-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 01h 12m 47s

Declination +21° 09’ 57”

Hour Angle 16h 51m 58s

Sidereal Time 18h 04m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 11m 27s

Declination +21° 02’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 129.18°

Galactic Latitude -41.59°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for χ Piscium (chi Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.66

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.99

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature 4672K

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

Distance (parsec) 134.77

Distance (light year) 439.35

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.038 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation χ Piscium
(chi Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 84 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD7087

SAO Catalogue SAO74544

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5571

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+20 172

FK5 Catalogue 1032

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° RISE 16:39

Max altitude: 59.7° TRANSIT 0:32

Azimuth: 291.2° SET 8:30

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces