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public  Chavornay, Switzerland Chavornay, Switzerland  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Zurich
Sunrise: 5:57 
Transit: 13:39 
Sunset: 21:21
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γ Piscis Austrini (gamma Piscis Austrini)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:40 | Tran: 4:50 | Set: 7:57
Alt: 5.27°   Az: 152.86°   Direction: South-South-East

γ Piscis Austrini is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

γ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.46. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 53m 56s
-32° 44’ 21”
21h 49m 14s
20h 43m 11s

J2000

22h 52m 31s
-32° 52’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

13.06°
-63.72°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.46
Hypergiant

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
222.22
17 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
-0.025"/y

Alternative Designations

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

Visibility from Your Location

Today's γ Piscis Austrini (gamma Piscis Austrini) rise, transit and set times from Chavornay, Switzerland are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Zurich):

Azimuth: 122.7°
Max altitude: 10.6°
Azimuth: 237.3°