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Sunset: 16:58
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ρ Piscium (rho Piscium)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:37 | Tran: 16:19 | Set: 0:05
Alt: 48.96°   Az: 129.40°   Direction: South-East

ρ Piscium is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Pisces.

ρ Piscium visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, ρ 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 ρ Piscium (rho Piscium) star
DSS2 image of ρ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Piscium during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 27m 36s
+19° 18’ 07”
21h 49m 55s
23h 17m 32s

J2000

01h 26m 15s
+19° 10’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

134.19°
-42.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Piscium (rho Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Main-sequence

3.30
F2V
6934K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Piscium is distant 85.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

26.08
85.01
-9 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Piscium
(rho Piscium)
SAO92436
SAO92436

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 70.7°
Max altitude: 57.8°
Azimuth: 289.3°