ι Piscium (iota Piscium)

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:07 | Tran: 6:38 | Set: 13:05

Alt: -1.58° Az: 78.69° Direction: South-West

ι Piscium is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Pisces.

ι Piscium visual magnitude is 4.13. Because of its moderate brightness, ι 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.

DSS2 image of ι Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of ι Piscium during the next 1000 years (6.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.30 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 41m 15s

Declination +05° 46’ 03”

Hour Angle 17h 20m 29s

Sidereal Time 17h 01m 44s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 39m 56s

Declination +05° 37’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 92.46°

Galactic Latitude -52.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ι Piscium (iota Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.13

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.43

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.51

Temperature 6344K

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

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

Star System Properties

ι Piscium 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 Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.13

Secondary star magnitude 12.83

Magnitude difference 8.7

Separation 69.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ι Piscium is distant 44.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 13.79

Distance (light year) 44.96

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.378 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.438"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ι Piscium
(iota Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 17 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD222368

SAO Catalogue SAO128310

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP116771

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+04 5035

Gliese Catalogue Gl 904

FK5 Catalogue 892

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14657

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 84.2° RISE 0:07

Max altitude: 44.3° TRANSIT 6:38

Azimuth: 275.8° SET 13:05

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces