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ψ2 Piscium (psi2 Piscium)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:01 | Tran: 15:53 | Set: 23:45
Alt: -8.28°   Az: 319.56°   Direction: North-West

ψ2 Piscium is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Pisces.

ψ2 Piscium visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, ψ2 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 ψ2 Piscium (psi2 Piscium) star
DSS2 image of ψ2 Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of ψ2 Piscium during the next 1000 years (1.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.57 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 09m 18s
+20° 52’ 21”
09h 06m 25s
10h 15m 43s

J2000

01h 07m 57s
+20° 44’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

128.13°
-41.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ψ2 Piscium (psi2 Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Main-sequence

2.08
A3V
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where ψ2 Piscium is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of ψ2 Piscium. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ψ2 Piscium is distant 161.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

49.43
161.15
-2 km/s
0.087 arcsec/y
-0.094"/y

Alternative Designations

ψ2 Piscium
(psi2 Piscium)
SAO74506
SAO74506

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ψ2 Piscium (psi2 Piscium) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.1°
Max altitude: 59.4°
Azimuth: 290.9°