Eta Piscium

Starbox short
name=η Piscium
epoch=J2000.0
constell=Pisces
ra=01^h 31^m 29^s
dec=+15° 20' 45"
spectral=G7IIIa
appmag_v=+3.62
dist_ly=294
dist_pc=90
names=η Psc, 99 Psc, HR 437, HD 9270, FK5 50, SAO 92484

Eta Piscium (η Psc / η Piscium) 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 star, sometimes known as Alpherg, has an obscure Babylonian proper name Kullat Nunu.

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

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

External links

* [http://www.alcyone.de/SIT/bsc/bsc_search.html Bright Star Catalogue]
* [http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/kullatnunu.html Eta Psc]