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γ Piscis Austrini (gamma Piscis Austrini)

Altitude: -67.9°   Azimuth: 320.9°   Direction: North-West

γ Piscis Austrini is a variable and double hypergiant star in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

γ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.46. Because of its moderate brightness, γ Piscis Austrini should be easily visible from locations with dark skies, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of γ Piscis Austrini is -0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.025 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of γ Piscis Austrini (gamma Piscis Austrini) star
DSS2 image of γ Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about γ Piscis Austrini

4.46
Hypergiant

γ Piscis Austrini (gamma Piscis Austrini) is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -67.9°
Azimuth: 320.9°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of γ Piscis Austrini

γ Piscis Austrini is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of γ Piscis Austrini are provided in the following table:

22h 52m 31s
-32° 52’ 32”
13.06°
-63.72°
Piscis Austrinus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of γ Piscis Austrini in the sky:

Finder chart γ Piscis Austrini (gamma Piscis Austrini) star
Simplified finder chart for γ Piscis Austrini (gamma Piscis Austrini).

Visibility of γ Piscis Austrini from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's γ Piscis Austrini (gamma Piscis Austrini) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.9°
Max altitude: 5.6°
Azimuth: 237.1°

Distance of γ Piscis Austrini from the Sun and relative movement

γ Piscis Austrini is distant 222.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

68.17 pc
222.22 ly
17 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/year
-0.025 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of γ Piscis Austrini

γ Piscis Austrini belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.29
A0III
10653K

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

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

γ Piscis Austrini star system properties

γ 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 γ Piscis Austrini double sysyem:

4.46
8.06
3.6
4.2 arcsec

Alternative designations of γ Piscis Austrini

γ Piscis Austrini
(gamma Piscis Austrini)
22 Piscis Austrini
SAO214153
SAO214153
Wo 9800 A