Star profile
14 Piscium
What is 14 Piscium
14 Piscium is a white A-type star 212 light-years away, in the long ribbon of Pisces that joins the two fishes of the ancient zodiac. Its hot atmosphere, near nine thousand degrees, gives it a clean, firm glow. The constellation crosses the celestial equator, and through it passes the modern spring equinox —the Vernal Point— carried here by the slow precession of the equinoxes since Babylonian times.
Where it is and when to see it
14 Piscium lies in the southern 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 37° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 48° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 89° N.
It ranks no. 72 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 33° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 210 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 14 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.91
- Distance
- 211.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 353.538° · Dec -1.248°
- Catalogue
- HIP 116323 · HD 221675
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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
- 53 Piscium5.89
- 112 Piscium5.89
- HIP 73595.90
- HIP 84045.91
- 62 Piscium5.92