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ξ Piscium (xi Piscium)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:08 | Tran: 16:22 | Set: 22:37
Alt: -25.74°   Az: 315.13°   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.

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 51s
+03° 18’ 37”
09h 21m 51s
11h 16m 42s

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 Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.7°
Max altitude: 41.8°
Azimuth: 273.3°