Upsilon Piscium

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Upsilon Piscium
Location of υ Piscium (circled)
Observation data
ICRS
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Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 01h 19m 27.99289s[1]
Declination +27° 15′ 50.6155″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.752[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type A3 V[3]
U−B color index +0.10[2]
B−V color index +0.03[2]
Distance
308 ± 7 ly
(94 ± 2 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−0.13[5]
Details
Myr
HR 383, SAO 74637[9]
Database references
SIMBADdata

Upsilon Piscium is a solitary,

light years from the Sun. The star is drifting further away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +6 km/s.[4]

This is an ordinary

Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 9183 K.[7]

Naming

υ Piscium is the Bayer designation for this star, which is Latinized as Upsilon Piscium. It has the Flamsteed designation 90 Piscium.[9]

In

Chinese name for υ Piscium itself is 奎宿十三 (Kuí Sù shí sān, English: the Thirteenth Star of Legs.)[11]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 18759600
    .
  2. ^
    Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J
    .
  3. ^
    S2CID 55586789
    .
  4. ^
    S2CID 59451347
    , A61.
  5. S2CID 119257644
    .
  6. ^
    S2CID 425754
    .
  7. ^
    S2CID 33401607
    .
  8. doi:10.1086/342144
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  9. ^ a b "ups Psc". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
  10. S2CID 14878976
    .
  11. ^ (in Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 19 日 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
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