υ Piscium (upsilon Piscium)

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:17 | Tran: 7:06 | Set: 13:59

Alt: -34.41° Az: 334.07° Direction: North-North-West

υ Piscium is a main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Pisces.

υ Piscium visual magnitude is 4.76. Because of its moderate brightness, υ 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 υ Piscium (upsilon Piscium) star

DSS2 image of υ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of υ Piscium during the next 10000 years (4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 20m 52s

Declination +27° 23’ 51”

Hour Angle 10h 24m 05s

Sidereal Time 11h 44m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 19m 27s

Declination +27° 15’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 130.56°

Galactic Latitude -35.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for υ Piscium (upsilon Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.76

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.14

Spectral Type A3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature 9766K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

υ Piscium is distant 310.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 95.33

Distance (light year) 310.77

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation υ Piscium
(upsilon Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 90 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD7964

SAO Catalogue SAO74637

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP6193

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+26 220

FK5 Catalogue 45

Visibility from Your Location

Today's υ Piscium (upsilon Piscium) rise, transit and set times from Xiaoxiang, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 62.6° RISE 0:17

Max altitude: 85.7° TRANSIT 7:06

Azimuth: 297.4° SET 13:59

Name:	Xiaoxiang, China
Latitude:	23° 8' 8.5" N
Longitude:	112° 23' 13.2" E
Timezone:	Asia/Shanghai

Set Location

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