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Fumalsamakah - β Piscium (beta Piscium)

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:19 | Tran: 13:37 | Set: 19:55
Alt: -34.06°   Az: 10.54°   Direction: North

Fumalsamakah, also designated as β Piscium (beta Piscium), is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Pisces.

Fumalsamakah visual magnitude is 4.53. Because of its moderate brightness, Fumalsamakah is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of Fumalsamakah - β Piscium (beta Piscium) star
DSS2 image of Fumalsamakah. The red arrow shows the motion of Fumalsamakah during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 05m 09s
+03° 57’ 20”
12h 34m 56s
11h 40m 05s

J2000

23h 03m 52s
+03° 49’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

78.79°
-49.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for Fumalsamakah - β Piscium (beta Piscium).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.53
Main-sequence

-1.37
B6V
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where Fumalsamakah is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of Fumalsamakah. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Fumalsamakah is distant 492.45 light years from the Sun

151.06
492.45
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Fumalsamakah
β Piscium
(beta Piscium)
SAO127934
SAO127934

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Fumalsamakah - β Piscium (beta Piscium) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.0°
Max altitude: 42.5°
Azimuth: 274.0°