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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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λ Piscis Austrini (lambda Piscis Austrini)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:40 | Tran: 7:54 | Set: 11:08
Alt: 5.85°   Az: 151.35°   Direction: South-South-East

λ Piscis Austrini is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

λ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 5.43. Because of its faintness, λ Piscis Austrini is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of λ Piscis Austrini (lambda Piscis Austrini) star
DSS2 image of λ Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of λ Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 15m 44s
-27° 38’ 25”
21h 49m 42s
20h 05m 27s

J2000

22h 14m 18s
-27° 46’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

22.58°
-55.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for λ Piscis Austrini (lambda Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.43
Giant

-0.53
B8III
12692K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

λ Piscis Austrini is distant 507.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

155.76
507.79
-6 km/s
0.026 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

λ Piscis Austrini
(lambda Piscis Austrini)
16 Piscis Austrini
SAO190985
SAO190985

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 117.6°
Max altitude: 10.9°
Azimuth: 242.4°