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public  Lawang Kupang, Philippines Lawang Kupang, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:34 
Transit: 12:02 
Sunset: 18:30
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θ Piscium (theta Piscium)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:56 | Tran: 4:01 | Set: 10:11
Alt: -66.80°   Az: 20.08°   Direction: North-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.

Image of θ Piscium (theta Piscium) star
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

23h 29m 16s
+06° 31’ 10”
12h 31m 18s
12h 00m 34s

J2000

23h 27m 58s
+06° 22’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

88.81°
-50.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for θ Piscium (theta Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.28
Giant

0.84
K1III
4581K

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

HR 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.

48.69
158.71
6 km/s
-0.121 arcsec/y
-0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

θ Piscium
(theta Piscium)
SAO128196
SAO128196

Visibility from Your Location

Today's θ Piscium (theta Piscium) rise, transit and set times from Lawang Kupang, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 83.5°
Max altitude: 81.2°
Azimuth: 276.5°