K-type star · orange

Xi Psc

Xi Psc is an orange in the constellation Pisces 179 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 4,923 K, about 0.9 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 37.60× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 4.6 it is bright enough to see with the naked eye; the light you see left it 179 years ago.

179 lybrightness mag 4.61K0III SB

Also catalogued as HR 549 · HD 11559 · HIP 8833

4,923 K
temperature
4.61
apparent magnitude
37.60× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
K0III SB
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
179 years
at light speed from Earth
0.85×
as hot as the Sun
37.60×
the Sun's light output
0.91
absolute magnitude
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Xi PscK-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
StarHD 1026220 ly
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Can you see it tonight?
VISIBLE TO THE NAKED EYE
Brightness mag 4.6To see it no equipment neededLook toward Pisces

Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.