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Beta Piscium

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Magnitude
  
4.53

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
4.53

Constellation
  
Pisces

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Beta Piscium (Beta Psc, β Piscium, β Psc) is a star in the constellation Pisces. It has the traditional name Fum al Samakah.

Beta Piscium belongs to the spectral class B6Ve and is of magnitude +4.53m. It is approximately 492 light-years from the Sun.

Name and etymology

  • The name Fum al Samakah was from the Arabic فم السمكة fum al-samakah "mouth of the fish" (compare Fomalhaut).
  • In Chinese, 霹靂 (Pī Lì), meaning Thunderbolt, refers to an asterism consisting of refers to an asterism consisting of β Piscium, γ Piscium, θ Piscium, ι Piscium and ω Piscium. Consequently, β Piscium itself is known as 霹靂一 (Pī Lì yī, English: the First Star of Thunderbolt.)

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