ι Piscis Austrini (iota Piscis Austrini)

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:24 | Tran: 6:46 | Set: 9:07

Alt: -65.39° Az: 49.62° Direction: North-East

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

ι Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.34. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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 ι Piscis Austrini (iota Piscis Austrini) star

DSS2 image of ι Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Piscis Austrini during the next 1000 years (0.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.57 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 21h 46m 27s

Declination -32° 54’ 29”

Hour Angle 13h 28m 48s

Sidereal Time 11h 15m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 21h 44m 56s

Declination -33° 01’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 12.88°

Galactic Latitude -49.55°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Piscis Austrini (iota Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.34

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.35

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.05

Temperature 10795K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Piscis Austrini is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ι Piscis Austrini double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.34

Secondary star magnitude 11.34

Magnitude difference 7

Separation 20 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Piscis Austrini is distant 204.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 62.77

Distance (light year) 204.65

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.094"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Piscis Austrini
(iota Piscis Austrini)

Flamsteed designation 9 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD206742

SAO Catalogue SAO213258

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP107380

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3315734

FK5 Catalogue 814

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 122.9° RISE 4:24

Max altitude: 5.6° TRANSIT 6:46

Azimuth: 237.1° SET 9:07

Set Location

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