Star profile
Fumalsamakah
Beta Piscium · Pisces
Hot blue starWhat is Fumalsamakah
Fumalsamakah burns with a hot, young blue light at 408 light-years from the Earth, in the constellation Pisces, far from the more recognisable stars of the European autumn sky. Its Arabic name translates literally as «the mouth of the fish»: set into the imaginary geometry of the constellation, it marks the exact spot where one of the two fish seems to bite eagerly at something invisible. Its light, set out from the star four centuries ago, now reaches Europe from a time when Galileo was openly debating the ideas of Copernicus in front of ecclesiastical tribunals.
Where it is and when to see it
Fumalsamakah lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is September, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 42° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 53° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 52° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 86° S.
It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 38° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 410 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Fumalsamakah
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.48
- Distance
- 408.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 345.969° · Dec 3.820°
- Catalogue
- HIP 113889 · HD 217891
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Other stars in Pisces
Pisces has 79 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- AlphergEta Piscium3.62
- Gamma Piscium3.70
- AlreschaAlpha Piscium3.82
- 30 Piscium4.37
- Delta Piscium4.44
- Nu Piscium4.45
- Lambda Piscium4.49
- Tau Piscium4.51