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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:49 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:06
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γ Piscium (gamma Piscium)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:23 | Tran: 7:38 | Set: 13:53
Alt: 25.32°   Az: 240.77°   Direction: West-South-West

γ Piscium is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Pisces.

γ Piscium visual magnitude is 3.69. Because of its moderate brightness, γ 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 γ Piscium (gamma Piscium) star
DSS2 image of γ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of γ Piscium during the next 1000 years (12.70 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.28 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 18m 27s
+03° 25’ 16”
03h 28m 49s
02h 47m 17s

J2000

23h 17m 09s
+03° 16’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

82.47°
-52.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for γ Piscium (gamma Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

3.69
Giant

0.67
G9III
4943K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

γ Piscium is distant 130.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

40.13
130.82
-14 km/s
0.762 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

γ Piscium
(gamma Piscium)
SAO128085
SAO128085

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 86.6°
Max altitude: 41.9°
Azimuth: 273.4°