Star profile

64 Piscium

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

What is 64 Piscium

64 Piscium lies about 76 light-years away —nearly intimate in cosmic terms. An F-type star, slightly hotter and whiter than the Sun, it drifts gently among the threads of the Fishes. The kind of star Hipparcos measured with care: solar neighbourhood, a regular in the catalogs of nearby suns.

Where it is and when to see it

64 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 55° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 66° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 39° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere north of 73° S.

It ranks no. 26 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 10° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 77 years ago.

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Astronomical data for 64 Piscium

Constellation: Pisces
Apparent magnitude: 5.07
Distance: 76.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 12.245° · Dec 16.941°
Catalogue: HIP 3810 · HD 4676

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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