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Star · K3III

41 Psc

41 Psc is a giant star of spectral type K3III in the constellation Pisces, 462.1 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesHIP 1645
ConstellationPisces
Distance462.1 light-years (141.7 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 5.38
Absolute magnitudemagnitude −0.38
Spectral typeK3III
Surface temperature4,050 K
Luminosity329 L☉
Radius36.9 R☉
Mass4.76 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)0h 20m 35.9s
Declination (J2000)+8° 11′ 25″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)16.5 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.38). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 82° 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 1564. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.2 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around 41 Psc, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.59, 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.