Torcular - ο Piscium (omicron Piscium)

Above the horizon. Rise: 18:17 | Tran: 1:06 | Set: 7:51

Alt: 45.28° Az: 205.77° Direction: South-South-West

Torcular, also designated as ο Piscium (omicron Piscium), is a variable giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Pisces.

Torcular visual magnitude is 4.26. Because of its moderate brightness, Torcular 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 Torcular - ο Piscium (omicron Piscium) star

DSS2 image of Torcular. The red arrow shows the motion of Torcular during the next 10000 years (12.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 46m 42s

Declination +09° 16’ 52”

Hour Angle 01h 12m 13s

Sidereal Time 02h 58m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 45m 23s

Declination +09° 09’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 144.61°

Galactic Latitude -51.43°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Torcular - ο Piscium (omicron Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.26

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.23

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Torcular is distant 258.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 79.18

Distance (light year) 258.12

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.073 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Torcular

Bayer designation ο Piscium
(omicron Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 110 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD10761

SAO Catalogue SAO110110

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP8198

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+08 273

FK5 Catalogue 60

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 615

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 80.7° RISE 18:17

Max altitude: 47.8° TRANSIT 1:06

Azimuth: 279.3° SET 7:51

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces