Star profile
107 Piscium
Nearby starWhat is 107 Piscium
107 Piscium is a stellar neighbour just 25 light-years away: a K1V orange dwarf with 89% of the Sun's mass and a slightly lower temperature, around 5,260 K. It is some 6 billion years old —older than our Sun— and is approaching us: in roughly 135,800 years it will pass at only 15.4 light-years, briefly becoming one of the closest stars in our sky. Its light tonight set out during the reign of Philip IV of Spain.
Where it is and when to see it
107 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 59° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 70° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 36° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 70° S.
It ranks no. 32 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 25 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 107 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.24
- Distance
- 24.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 25.624° · Dec 20.269°
- Catalogue
- HIP 7981 · HD 10476
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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
- 82 Piscium5.15
- RevatiZeta Piscium5.21
- 91 Piscium5.23
- Psi 1 Piscium5.33
- Rho Piscium5.35