Star profile

55 Piscium

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is 55 Piscium

55 Piscium is a whitish-yellow F-type star in Pisces, the pair of fish tied together by a cord in the zodiac. It lies 415 light-years away and burns somewhat hotter than the Sun. Pisces is a quiet constellation, without truly bright stars, and 55 Piscium is one of the many modest sparks that trace its outline. Its light left there while the Magellan-Elcano fleet was completing the first circumnavigation of the world.

Where it is and when to see it

55 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 October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 60° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 71° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 35° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 69° S.

It ranks no. 35 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 14° 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 55 Piscium

Constellation: Pisces
Apparent magnitude: 5.36
Distance: 414.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 9.982° · Dec 21.438°
Catalogue: HIP 3138 · HD 3690

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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