Blue-white main-sequence star · Piscis Austrinus
ε Piscis Austrini
Also known as: ε PsA, HIP 111954
mag 4.2490 light-years
About
ε Piscis Austrini is a blue-white main-sequence star of magnitude 4.2 in Piscis Austrinus, about 490 light-years away.
How to find it
- ε Piscis Austrini is in the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- Best evenings: around mid-October it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from south of 53° N.
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What you will see
- EyesVisible from the suburbs on a clear night, but lost in bright city skies.
- Binoculars (10×50)A sharp point; binoculars bring out its colour and the fainter stars around it.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)Still a point of light at any magnification — stars are too far away to show a disc. Low in the sky, bright stars twinkle and flash colours.
Stars look the same in any instrument: brighter and sharper, but never bigger.
Facts
| Designation | ε Piscis Austrini (ε PsA) |
|---|---|
| Hipparcos number | HIP 111954 |
| Type | Blue-white main-sequence star |
| Spectral type | B8V |
| Colour | WhiteB−V colour index −0.10 |
| Magnitude | 4.2The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Distance | 490 light-yearsThe light you see left it around 1540. |
| Proper motion | 0.022″ per year across the sky |
| Constellation | Piscis Austrinus |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 22h 40m 39.3s |
| Declination (J2000) | −27° 02′ 37″ |
Sources and credits
Star data: HYG Database by David Nash, CC BY-SA 4.0. All data sources →