μ Piscis Austrini (mu Piscis Austrini)

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:45 | Tran: 5:07 | Set: 7:29

Alt: -37.92° Az: 262.77° Direction: South-West

μ Piscis Austrini is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

μ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.5. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Piscis Austrini (mu Piscis Austrini) star

DSS2 image of μ Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 09m 51s

Declination -32° 51’ 47”

Hour Angle 07h 25m 11s

Sidereal Time 05h 35m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 08m 22s

Declination -32° 59’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 13.34°

Galactic Latitude -54.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Piscis Austrini (mu Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.5

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.49

Spectral Type A2V

Color Index (B-V) 0.05

Temperature 9542K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Piscis Austrini is distant 130.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 39.98

Distance (light year) 130.35

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.08 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation μ Piscis Austrini
(mu Piscis Austrini)

Flamsteed designation 14 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD210049

SAO Catalogue SAO213576

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109285

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3315922

FK5 Catalogue 832

Visibility from Your Location

Today's μ Piscis Austrini (mu 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 2:45

Max altitude: 5.7° TRANSIT 5:07

Azimuth: 237.1° SET 7:29

Set Location

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