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π Piscium (pi Piscium)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:09 | Tran: 16:10 | Set: 23:11
Alt: -7.52°   Az: 300.66°   Direction: West-North-West

π Piscium is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Pisces.

π Piscium visual magnitude is 5.57. Because of its faintness, π Piscium 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 π Piscium (pi Piscium) star
DSS2 image of π Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of π Piscium during the next 10000 years (-11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 38m 26s
+12° 16’ 08”
07h 56m 52s
09h 35m 18s

J2000

01h 37m 05s
+12° 08’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

140.16°
-49.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for π Piscium (pi Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.57
Hypergiant

2.92
F0V
7158K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

π Piscium is distant 110.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

33.81
110.21
-1 km/s
-0.066 arcsec/y
0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

π Piscium
(pi Piscium)
102 Piscium
SAO92536
SAO92536

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 77.7°
Max altitude: 50.8°
Azimuth: 282.3°