κ Piscium (kappa Piscium)

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:30 | Tran: 8:35 | Set: 14:40

Alt: 9.87° Az: 259.69° Direction: West

κ Piscium is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Pisces.

κ Piscium visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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 κ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Piscium during the next 1000 years (1.48 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.62 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 28m 13s

Declination +01° 23’ 43”

Hour Angle 05h 03m 18s

Sidereal Time 04h 31m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 26m 56s

Declination +01° 15’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 83.92°

Galactic Latitude -55.08°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.94

Class Hypergiant

κ Piscium is also a CrSiSr chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 1.46

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature 9766K

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

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

Star System Properties

κ 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 κ Piscium double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.94

Secondary star magnitude 11.94

Magnitude difference 7

Separation 163.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Piscium is distant 162.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.70

Distance (light year) 162.03

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.089 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.097"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation κ Piscium
(kappa Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 8 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220825

SAO Catalogue SAO128186

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115738

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 4998

FK5 Catalogue 884

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Kap Psc

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 88.6° RISE 2:30

Max altitude: 39.9° TRANSIT 8:35

Azimuth: 271.4° SET 14:40

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces