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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:05
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ζ Piscium (zeta Piscium)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:14 | Tran: 15:51 | Set: 22:28
Alt: 2.84°   Az: 81.17°   Direction: East

ζ Piscium is a variable and multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Pisces.

ζ Piscium visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, ζ Piscium 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 Piscium (zeta Piscium) star
DSS2 image of ζ Piscium. The red arrow shows the motion of ζ Piscium during the next 1000 years (2.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.87 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 15m 03s
+07° 42’ 38”
17h 39m 22s
18h 54m 26s

J2000

01h 13m 45s
+07° 34’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

132.57°
-54.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ζ Piscium (zeta Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Main-sequence

2.41
F7V
6435K

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

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

Star System Properties

ζ Piscium is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the ζ Piscium double sysyem:

6.3
6.4
0.1
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ζ Piscium is distant 195.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

59.92
195.33
11 km/s
0.147 arcsec/y
-0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

ζ Piscium
(zeta Piscium)
SAO109740
SAO109740

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 82.3°
Max altitude: 46.2°
Azimuth: 277.7°