ε Piscium (epsilon Piscium)

Above the horizon. Rise: 17:45 | Tran: 0:24 | Set: 7:06

Alt: 22.14° Az: 254.38° Direction: West-South-West

ε Piscium is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pisces.

ε Piscium visual magnitude is 4.28. Because of its moderate brightness, ε 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 ε Piscium (epsilon Piscium) star

DSS2 image of ε Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of ε Piscium during the next 10000 years (-13.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 04m 14s

Declination +08° 01’ 21”

Hour Angle 04h 17m 04s

Sidereal Time 05h 21m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 02m 56s

Declination +07° 53’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 127.89°

Galactic Latitude -54.87°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for ε Piscium (epsilon Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.28

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.45

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ε Piscium is distant 190.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 58.34

Distance (light year) 190.20

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.078 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ε Piscium
(epsilon Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 71 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD6186

SAO Catalogue SAO109627

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP4906

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+07 153

FK5 Catalogue 36

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 82.0° RISE 17:45

Max altitude: 46.5° TRANSIT 0:24

Azimuth: 278.0° SET 7:06

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces