τ Piscis Austrini (tau Piscis Austrini)

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:24 | Tran: 21:51 | Set: 0:19

Alt: -43.23° Az: 269.96° Direction: West

τ Piscis Austrini is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

τ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.92. Because of its moderate brightness, τ Piscis Austrini 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 τ Piscis Austrini (tau Piscis Austrini) star

DSS2 image of τ Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of τ Piscis Austrini during the next 1000 years (7.23 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.22 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 11m 34s

Declination -32° 25’ 32”

Hour Angle 08h 01m 17s

Sideral Time 06h 12m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 10m 08s

Declination -32° 32’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 14.12°

Galactic Latitude -54.81°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for τ Piscis Austrini (tau Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.92

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.56

Spectral Type F6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.48

Temperature 6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where τ Piscis Austrini is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of τ Piscis Austrini. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

τ Piscis Austrini is distant 61.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 18.74

Distance (light year) 61.09

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.434 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation τ Piscis Austrini
(tau Piscis Austrini)

Flamsteed designation 15 Piscis Austrini

Henry Draper Catalogue HD210302

SAO Catalogue SAO213602

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109422

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3315941

Gliese Catalogue Gl 849.1

Visibility from Your Location

Today's τ Piscis Austrini (tau Piscis Austrini) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.4° RISE 19:24

Max altitude: 6.1° TRANSIT 21:51

Azimuth: 237.6° SET 0:19

Set Location

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