Star profile
72 Piscium
What is 72 Piscium
72 Piscium is a yellow-white F-type star 178 light-years away in Pisces. It is a touch hotter and more luminous than the Sun, with that crisp tone that defines F-type stars. Its light set off in the heart of the Enlightenment and now falls on modern detectors, in a sky region historically used to mark the start of the astronomical year.
Where it is and when to see it
72 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 53° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 64° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 41° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 75° S.
It ranks no. 54 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 180 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 72 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.64
- Distance
- 178.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 16.272° · Dec 14.946°
- Catalogue
- HIP 5081 · HD 6397
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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
- Psi 2 Piscium5.56
- Psi 3 Piscium5.57
- 22 Piscium5.59
- 16 Piscium5.68
- 51 Piscium5.69