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public  Hetian, China Hetian, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:47 
Transit: 12:40 
Sunset: 19:33
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ξ Piscium (xi Piscium)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:33 | Tran: 7:38 | Set: 13:46
Alt: -39.79°   Az: 301.02°   Direction: West-North-West

ξ Piscium is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Pisces.

ξ Piscium visual magnitude is 4.62. Because of its moderate brightness, ξ 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 ξ Piscium (xi Piscium) star
DSS2 image of ξ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of ξ Piscium during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 54m 52s
+03° 18’ 44”
09h 14m 55s
11h 09m 48s

J2000

01h 53m 33s
+03° 11’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

151.64°
-56.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Piscium (xi Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.62
Hypergiant

0.79
K0III
4892K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ξ Piscium is distant 190.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

58.45
190.53
30 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

ξ Piscium
(xi Piscium)
111 Piscium
SAO110206
SAO110206

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 86.7°
Max altitude: 66.0°
Azimuth: 273.3°