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Sunset: 16:12
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σ Piscium (sigma Piscium)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:07 | Tran: 21:30 | Set: 6:57
Alt: 1.24°   Az: 325.33°   Direction: North-West

σ Piscium is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Pisces.

σ Piscium visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, σ 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 σ Piscium (sigma Piscium) star
DSS2 image of σ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of σ Piscium during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 04m 11s
+31° 56’ 15”
09h 11m 39s
10h 15m 50s

J2000

01h 02m 49s
+31° 48’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

125.75°
-31°

Finder Chart

Finder chart σ Piscium (sigma Piscium) star
Simplified finder chart for σ Piscium (sigma Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.5
Main-sequence

-0.02
B9V
10795K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

σ Piscium is distant 414.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

127.06
414.23
10 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

σ Piscium
(sigma Piscium)
SAO54374
SAO54374

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 58.1°
Max altitude: 70.5°
Azimuth: 301.9°