θ Piscium (theta Piscium)

Below the horizon. Rise: 16:50 | Tran: 23:21 | Set: 5:55

Alt: -12.64° Az: 62.07° Direction: East-North-East

θ Piscium is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Pisces.

θ Piscium visual magnitude is 4.28. Because of its moderate brightness, θ Piscium 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.

DSS2 image of θ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of θ Piscium during the next 1000 years (-2.02 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.75 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 29m 13s

Declination +06° 30’ 55”

Hour Angle 16h 00m 47s

Sideral Time 15h 30m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 27m 58s

Declination +06° 22’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 88.81°

Galactic Latitude -50.88°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for θ Piscium (theta Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.28

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.84

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.07

Temperature 4581K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

θ Piscium is distant 158.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 48.69

Distance (light year) 158.71

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.121 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation θ Piscium
(theta Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 10 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD220954

SAO Catalogue SAO128196

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP115830

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 5173

FK5 Catalogue 1614

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 83.5° RISE 16:50

Max altitude: 45.0° TRANSIT 23:21

Azimuth: 276.5° SET 5:55

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces