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Star · G9III

24 Psc

24 Psc is a giant star of spectral type G9III in the constellation Pisces, 531.1 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 117761
ConstellationPisces
Distance531.1 light-years (162.8 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.93
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.13
Spectral typeG9III
Surface temperature4,580 K
Luminosity166 L☉
Radius20.5 R☉
Mass3.92 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 52m 55.6s
Declination (J2000)−3° 09′ 20″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)66.9 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.93). Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 87° N. It stands highest at midnight in September, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1495. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 9.4 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 24 Psc, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.89, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Virgo. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

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Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.