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δ Piscis Austrini (delta Piscis Austrini)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:23 | Tran: 5:50 | Set: 8:18
Alt: 0.08°   Az: 149.56°   Direction: South

δ Piscis Austrini is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

δ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.21. Because of its moderate brightness, δ 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 δ Piscis Austrini (delta Piscis Austrini) star
DSS2 image of δ Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 57m 21s
-32° 24’ 11”
21h 32m 29s
20h 29m 50s

J2000

22h 55m 56s
-32° 32’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

13.69°
-64.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for δ Piscis Austrini (delta Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.21
Giant

0.62
G8III
4816K

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

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

Star System Properties

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

4.21
9.21
5
5.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Piscis Austrini is distant 170.32 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

52.25
170.32
-12 km/s
0.018 arcsec/y
0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

δ Piscis Austrini
(delta Piscis Austrini)
23 Piscis Austrini
SAO214189
SAO214189

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 122.4°
Max altitude: 6.1°
Azimuth: 237.6°