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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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ζ Piscis Austrini (zeta Piscis Austrini)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:27 | Tran: 7:55 | Set: 11:23
Alt: 5.88°   Az: 146.67°   Direction: South-South-East

ζ Piscis Austrini is a variable giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.

ζ Piscis Austrini visual magnitude is 6.43. Because of its faintness, ζ Piscis Austrini is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of ζ Piscis Austrini (zeta Piscis Austrini) star
DSS2 image of ζ Piscis Austrini. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Piscis Austrini during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 32m 17s
-25° 56’ 33”
21h 30m 16s
20h 02m 34s

J2000

22h 30m 53s
-26° 04’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

26.73°
-58.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Piscis Austrini (zeta Piscis Austrini).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.43
Giant

0.99
K1III
4559K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Piscis Austrini is distant 399.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

122.40
399.02
-26 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Piscis Austrini
(zeta Piscis Austrini)
SAO191196
SAO191196

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 115.9°
Max altitude: 12.6°
Azimuth: 244.1°