Fumalsamakah - β Piscium (beta Piscium)

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:40 | Tran: 6:02 | Set: 12:20

Alt: 0.39° Az: 84.13° Direction: South

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

Right Ascension 23h 05m 10s

Declination +03° 57’ 27”

Hour Angle 17h 42m 34s

Sidereal Time 16h 47m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 03m 52s

Declination +03° 49’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 78.79°

Galactic Latitude -49.61°

Finder Chart

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

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.53

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.37

Spectral Type B6V

Color Index (B-V) -0.12

Temperature 11920K

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

Distance (parsec) 151.06

Distance (light year) 492.45

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Fumalsamakah

Bayer designation β Piscium
(beta Piscium)

Flamsteed designation 4 Piscium

Henry Draper Catalogue HD217891

SAO Catalogue SAO127934

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP113889

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+03 4818

FK5 Catalogue 1602

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 14410

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° RISE 23:40

Max altitude: 42.5° TRANSIT 6:02

Azimuth: 274.0° SET 12:20

Set Location

Other stars in Pisces