Star profile
34 Piscium
Hot blue starWhat is 34 Piscium
34 Piscium lies in the Fishes, the long zig-zag that closes the zodiac. It is a blue B-type star around 305 light-years away, with an intrinsic luminosity far greater than the Sun's and a temperature high enough to excite hydrogen across its outer layers. Its light set out at the dawn of the 18th century, while Halley was still drafting his comet tables.
Where it is and when to see it
34 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 September, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it culminates about 50° above the horizon.
- From New York it culminates about 60° above the horizon.
- From Sydney it culminates about 45° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere north of 79° S.
It ranks no. 47 in brightness among the 79 stars of Pisces in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpherg, the brightest: it lies about 20° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 310 years ago.
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Astronomical data for 34 Piscium
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.54
- Distance
- 305.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 2.509° · Dec 11.146°
- Catalogue
- HIP 813 · HD 560
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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
- 58 Piscium5.51
- 80 Piscium5.51
- Pi Piscium5.54
- 65 Piscium5.55
- Psi 1 Piscium5.55