Star profile
65 Piscium
What is 65 Piscium
65 Piscium dwells in Pisces, the zodiacal constellation in which the ancients saw two fish bound by a cord. It is a white-yellow F-type star some 289 light-years away, hotter and more luminous than the Sun, and bears the serene poise of the mature stars in its class. Its light departed the star in a time when Louis XIV still reigned over France, and now crosses the autumn sky at a slow pace.
Where it is and when to see it
65 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 66° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 77° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 28° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 62° S.
It ranks no. 49 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 290 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 65 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.55
- Distance
- 288.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 12.471° · Dec 27.710°
- Catalogue
- HIP 3885 · HD 4757
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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
- 80 Piscium5.51
- Pi Piscium5.54
- 34 Piscium5.54
- Psi 1 Piscium5.55
- Psi 2 Piscium5.56