Star profile
Lambda Piscium
What is Lambda Piscium
Lambda Piscium traces the southeastern corner of the Circlet of Pisces, that small ring of stars representing the head of one of the fish. It is white, young at some 583 million years, nearly double the Sun's size and thirteen times as luminous, just 107 light-years away. A modest star whose geometry inside the ring makes it indispensable to the asterism.
Where it is and when to see it
Lambda 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 40° 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. 13 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 30° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 110 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Lambda Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.49
- Distance
- 106.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 355.512° · Dec 1.780°
- Catalogue
- HIP 116928 · HD 222603
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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
- Delta Piscium4.44
- Nu Piscium4.45
- FumalsamakahBeta Piscium4.48
- Tau Piscium4.51
- 33 Piscium4.61