ξ Piscium (xi Piscium)

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:15 | Tran: 10:30 | Set: 16:44

Alt: -28.07° Az: 320.82° Direction: 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.

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

Right Ascension 01h 54m 52s

Declination +03° 18’ 42”

Hour Angle 09h 44m 13s

Sidereal Time 11h 39m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 53m 33s

Declination +03° 11’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 151.64°

Galactic Latitude -56.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ξ Piscium (xi Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.62

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.79

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

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

Distance (parsec) 58.45

Distance (light year) 190.53

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.022 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Bayer designation ξ Piscium
(xi Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 111 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD11559

SAO Catalogue SAO110206

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP8833

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 290

FK5 Catalogue 65

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 654

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 86.7° RISE 4:15

Max altitude: 41.8° TRANSIT 10:30

Azimuth: 273.3° SET 16:44

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces