κ Piscium (kappa Piscium)
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.

Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
κ Piscium is also a CrSiSr chemically peculiar star.The red dot in the diagram below shows where κ Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

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:
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.
Alternative Designations
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):