Star profile
58 Piscium
What is 58 Piscium
58 Piscium burns 283 light-years away, in the zodiacal constellation the Sun crosses each spring. It is a yellow G-type star, a spectral cousin of our own but far more distant and likely already in its giant phase. It lives in a quiet stretch of sky, far from the guide stars, where only patient observers trace the figure of two fish tied by a cord.
Where it is and when to see it
58 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 50° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 61° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 44° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 78° S.
It ranks no. 45 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 280 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 58 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.51
- Distance
- 283.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 11.756° · Dec 11.974°
- Catalogue
- HIP 3675 · HD 4482
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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
- 20 Piscium5.49
- Sigma Piscium5.50
- 94 Piscium5.50
- 80 Piscium5.51
- Pi Piscium5.54