δ Piscium (delta Piscium)

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:15 | Tran: 9:52 | Set: 16:30

Alt: 29.63° Az: 117.80° Direction: East-South-East

δ Piscium is a double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Pisces.

δ Piscium visual magnitude is 4.43. Because of its moderate brightness, δ 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 δ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of δ Piscium during the next 10000 years (14.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 50m 00s

Declination +07° 43’ 23”

Hour Angle 20h 36m 26s

Sidereal Time 21h 26m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 48m 41s

Declination +07° 35’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 121.73°

Galactic Latitude -55.28°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.43

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.43

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.5

Temperature 3794K

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

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

Star System Properties

δ Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the δ Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.43

Secondary star magnitude 13.03

Magnitude difference 8.6

Separation 113.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

δ Piscium is distant 304.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.55

Distance (light year) 304.96

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.085 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation δ Piscium
(delta Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 63 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD4656

SAO Catalogue SAO109474

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP3786

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+06 107

FK5 Catalogue 28

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 82.3° RISE 3:15

Max altitude: 46.2° TRANSIT 9:52

Azimuth: 277.7° SET 16:30

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces