Star profile

27 Piscium

3D likeness based on its real data · class G · ~5,500 K

What is 27 Piscium

27 Piscium is a yellow G-type star roughly 234 light-years away, caught between the knots of the Cord of Pisces. Though it belongs to the Sun's spectral family, its magnitude 4.88 at such a range places it far above our star in raw luminosity —the mark of a giant well into its evolution. The light arriving tonight set out around 1791, the year Herschel was refining his deep-sky catalogues.

Where it is and when to see it

27 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 35° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 46° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 60° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 86° N.

It ranks no. 21 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 230 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 27 Piscium

Constellation: Pisces
Apparent magnitude: 4.88
Distance: 234.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 359.668° · Dec -3.556°
Catalogue: HIP 118209 · HD 224533

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Other stars in Pisces

Pisces has 79 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 79 stars in Pisces