υ Piscis Austrini (upsilon Piscis Austrini)

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:01 | Tran: 22:09 | Set: 0:18

Alt: -72.25° Az: 350.18° Direction: North

υ Piscis Austrini is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

υ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, υ 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 υ Piscis Austrini (upsilon Piscis Austrini) star

DSS2 image of υ Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 22h 09m 52s

Declination -33° 55’ 18”

Hour Angle 11h 45m 37s

Sideral Time 09h 55m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 22h 08m 26s

Declination -34° 02’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 11.53°

Galactic Latitude -54.48°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for υ Piscis Austrini (upsilon Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.99

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.06

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.48

Temperature 3824K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Piscis Austrini is distant 527.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 161.81

Distance (light year) 527.51

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation υ Piscis Austrini
(upsilon Piscis Austrini)

Henry Draper Catalogue HD210066

SAO Catalogue SAO213577

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP109289

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3415421

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 123.9° RISE 20:01

Max altitude: 4.6° TRANSIT 22:09

Azimuth: 236.1° SET 0:18

Set Location

Other stars in Piscis Austrinus