Star profile
68 Piscium
What is 68 Piscium
68 Piscium is a yellow, somewhat evolved and quite luminous star in Pisces, 649 light-years away. At that cosmic depth it burns considerably brighter than the Sun, but its distance turns it into a modest point for the human eye. The light crossing Earth's atmosphere tonight left its photosphere during the fourteenth century, when the Black Death was sweeping across Europe and rewriting the face of the continent in its entirety.
Where it is and when to see it
68 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 67° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 78° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 27° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 61° S.
It ranks no. 41 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 650 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 68 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.44
- Distance
- 648.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 14.459° · Dec 28.992°
- Catalogue
- HIP 4510 · HD 5575
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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
- 52 Piscium5.38
- 5 Piscium5.42
- 2 Piscium5.43
- 20 Piscium5.49
- Sigma Piscium5.50