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Eta Piscium

Eta Piscium
Diagram showing star positions and boundaries of the Pisces constellation and its surroundings
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Location of η Piscium(circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 31m 29.0s
Declination +15° 20' 45"
Apparent magnitude (V) +3.62
Distance 294 ly
(90 pc)
Spectral type G7IIIa
Other designations
η Piscium, 99 Piscium, BD+14° 231, CCDM J01315+1521AB, FK5 50, GC 1839, HD 9270, HIP 7097, HR 437, IDS 01261+1450, PPM 117418, SAO 92484, WDS J01315+1521AB.
Database references
SIMBAD data

Eta Piscium (Eta Psc, η Piscium, η Psc), also named Alpherg, is the brightest star in the constellation Pisces. Eta Piscium is located at a distance of about 294 light years from Earth, and shines at magnitude +3.62. It is of Spectral type G7 III.

The total luminosity of this star is 316 times that of the Sun, while its surface temperature is 4930 kelvin. The star has a radius of 26 ± 2solar radii, while its mass is 3.5 to 4 solar masses.

Eta Piscium has a faint companion star with a separation of about 1".



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