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Star · B9V

26 Psc

26 Psc is a main-sequence star of spectral type B9V in the constellation Pisces, 396.5 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 117927
ConstellationPisces
Distance396.5 light-years (121.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 6.22
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.80
Spectral typeB9V
Surface temperature11,030 K
Luminosity66.8 L☉
Radius2.24 R☉
Mass3.02 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)23h 55m 07.8s
Declination (J2000)+7° 04′ 16″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)23.2 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 6.22). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 83° S. 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 1630. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 7.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 26 Psc, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.25, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Crater. 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.