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μ Piscium (mu Piscium)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:30 | Tran: 15:59 | Set: 22:29
Alt: 44.40°   Az: 190.09°   Direction: South

μ Piscium is a multiple giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Pisces.

μ Piscium visual magnitude is 4.84. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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.

Image of μ Piscium (mu Piscium) star
DSS2 image of μ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Piscium during the next 1000 years (4.90 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 31m 29s
+06° 16’ 22”
00h 28m 56s
02h 00m 26s

J2000

01h 30m 11s
+06° 08’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

140.07°
-55.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Piscium (mu Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.84
Giant

-0.38
K4III
4000K

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

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

Star System Properties

μ Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the μ Piscium double sysyem:

4.84
10.44
5.6
182.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Piscium is distant 360.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

110.50
360.22
34 km/s
0.294 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Piscium
(mu Piscium)
SAO109926
SAO109926

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 83.7°
Max altitude: 44.8°
Azimuth: 276.3°