Star profile
87 Piscium
Hot blue starWhat is 87 Piscium
87 Piscium is a hot blue B-type star 455 light-years away, a rarity in Pisces —a constellation dominated by cooler, older stars. Its surface comfortably exceeds ten thousand degrees, tinting its light with a distinctly bluish hue. The light arriving tonight left the star at the start of the 16th century, when Earth was still thought to be the centre of the cosmos.
Where it is and when to see it
87 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 65° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 40° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 74° S.
It ranks no. 76 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 4° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 460 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 87 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 455.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 18.532° · Dec 16.133°
- Catalogue
- HIP 5778 · HD 7374
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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
- 62 Piscium5.92
- 24 Piscium5.93
- HIP 74475.95
- HIP 64925.97
- 60 Piscium5.98