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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:00 
Sunset: 21:18
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ε Piscis Austrini (epsilon Piscis Austrini)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:38 | Tran: 5:59 | Set: 9:19
Alt: -48.93°   Az: 289.59°   Direction: West-North-West

ε Piscis Austrini is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

ε Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.17. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Piscis Austrini (epsilon Piscis Austrini) star
DSS2 image of ε Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 42m 03s
-26° 54’ 36”
09h 04m 09s
07h 46m 13s

J2000

22h 40m 39s
-27° 02’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

25.49°
-60.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ε Piscis Austrini (epsilon Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.17
Main-sequence

-2.62
B8V
11744K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Piscis Austrini is distant 744.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

228.31
744.29
3 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

ε Piscis Austrini
(epsilon Piscis Austrini)
18 Piscis Austrini
SAO191318
SAO191318

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 116.9°
Max altitude: 11.6°
Azimuth: 243.1°