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θ Piscis Austrini (theta Piscis Austrini)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:13 | Tran: 11:58 | Set: 14:43
Alt: -54.53°   Az: 290.31°   Direction: West-North-West

θ Piscis Austrini is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

θ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, θ Piscis Austrini 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 θ Piscis Austrini (theta Piscis Austrini) star
DSS2 image of θ Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 49m 12s
-30° 46’ 51”
09h 22m 46s
07h 11m 59s

J2000

21h 47m 44s
-30° 53’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

16.24°
-49.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Piscis Austrini (theta Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.01
Main-sequence

-0.07
A2V
9652K

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

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

Star System Properties

θ Piscis Austrini is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the θ Piscis Austrini double sysyem:

5.01
5.11
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Piscis Austrini is distant 338.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

103.84
338.53
14 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Piscis Austrini
(theta Piscis Austrini)
10 Piscis Austrini
SAO213292
SAO213292

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 120.8°
Max altitude: 7.7°
Azimuth: 239.2°