Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 ( ICRS) | |
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Constellation | Pisces |
Right ascension | 01h 19m 27.99289s [1] |
Declination | +27° 15′ 50.6155″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 4.752 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | A3 V [3] |
U−B color index | +0.10 [2] |
B−V color index | +0.03 [2] |
Astrometry | |
Radial velocity (Rv) | +5.8±2.7 [4] km/s |
Proper motion (μ) |
RA: +22.98
[1]
mas/
yr Dec.: −11.12 [1] mas/ yr |
Parallax (π) | 10.59 ± 0.25 mas [1] |
Distance | 308 ± 7
ly (94 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | −0.13 [5] |
Details | |
Mass | 2.84±0.05 [3] M☉ |
Radius | 2.2 [6] R☉ |
Luminosity | 117 [3] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 3.59 [7] cgs |
Temperature | 9,183±312 [7] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.00±0.05 [8] dex |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 91 [3] km/s |
Age | 461 [7] Myr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
Upsilon Piscium is a solitary, [10] white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +4.75. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.59 mas as seen from Earth, [1] it is located about 308 light years from the Sun. The star is drifting further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +6 km/s. [4]
This is an ordinary A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A3 V. [3] It is 461 [7] million years old – about 98% of the way through its main sequence lifetime [3] – and is spinning with a projected rotational velocity of 91 km/s. [3] The star has 2.8 [3] times the mass of the Sun, about 2.2 [6] times the Sun's radius, and is radiating 117 [3] times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9183 K. [7]
υ Piscium is the Bayer designation for this star, which is Latinized as Upsilon Piscium. It has the Flamsteed designation 90 Piscium. [9]
In Chinese, 奎宿 (Kuí Sù), meaning Legs (asterism), refers to an asterism composed of υ Piscium, η Andromedae, 65 Piscium, ζ Andromedae, ε Andromedae, δ Andromedae, π Andromedae, ν Andromedae, μ Andromedae, β Andromedae, σ Piscium, τ Piscium, 91 Piscium, φ Piscium, χ Piscium and ψ¹ Piscium. Consequently, the Chinese name for υ Piscium itself is 奎宿十三 (Kuí Sù shí sān, English: the Thirteenth Star of Legs.) [11]