A-type star · white star

31 Psc

31 Psc is a white star in the constellation Pisces 401 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 8,305 K, about 1.4 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 38.62× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 401 years ago.

401 lybrightness mag 6.33A6V

Also catalogued as HR 9092 · HD 224995 · HIP 186

8,305 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
38.62× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
A6V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
401 years
at light speed from Earth
1.44×
as hot as the Sun
38.62×
the Sun's light output
0.88
absolute magnitude
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31 PscA-type
Sky regionPiscesthis direction
Star26 Psc23 ly
Star36 Psc26 ly
Star41 Psc33 ly
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Bright stars in Pisces
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BINOCULARS NEEDED
Brightness mag 6.3To see it 50 mm binocularsLook 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.