Star profile

62 Piscium

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

What is 62 Piscium

62 Piscium is a G-type star 579 light-years away, a distant relation of the Sun set into the long loop of the Fishes. Its distance and brightness mark it not as a solar twin but as a giant in an advanced phase. Its light left around 1447, before Gutenberg's press had produced its first Bible. It glows in a stretch of autumn sky where the unaided eye barely picks it out.

Where it is and when to see it

62 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 46° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 57° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 49° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 83° S.

It ranks no. 73 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 13° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 580 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 62 Piscium

Constellation: Pisces
Apparent magnitude: 5.92
Distance: 579.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 12.073° · Dec 7.300°
Catalogue: HIP 3760 · HD 4627

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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