Star profile
16 Piscium
What is 16 Piscium
16 Piscium, an F-class star, shines white at about 101 light-years away within the ancient sign of the Fishes. It is somewhat hotter than the Sun and counts among our relatively nearby neighbours in galactic terms. The light reaching us tonight left in the early twentieth century, just as Einstein s first papers on relativity were being published.
Where it is and when to see it
16 Piscium 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 41° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 51° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 54° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 88° S.
It ranks no. 55 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 31° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 100 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 16 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.68
- Distance
- 101.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 354.097° · Dec 2.102°
- Catalogue
- HIP 116495 · HD 221950
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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
- Psi 3 Piscium5.57
- 22 Piscium5.59
- 72 Piscium5.64
- 51 Piscium5.69
- 32 Piscium5.70