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Eta Piscium

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Surface temperature
  
4,930 K

Radius
  
18.1 million km (26 R☉)

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
3.62

Magnitude
  
3.62

Constellation
  
Pisces

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Mass
  
7.458 × 10^30 kg (3.75 M☉)

Similar
  
Alpha Piscium, TX Piscium, Iota Piscium, Van Maanen 2, 54 Piscium

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Eta Piscium (Eta Psc, η Piscium, η Psc), also named Alpherg, is the brightest star in the constellation Pisces. Eta Piscium is located at a distance of about 294 light years from Earth, and shines at magnitude +3.62. It is of Spectral type G7 III.

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The total luminosity of this star is 316 times that of the Sun, while its surface temperature is 4930 kelvin. The star has a radius of 26 ± 2 solar radii, while its mass is 3.5 to 4 solar masses.

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Eta Piscium has a faint companion star with a separation of about 1".

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Name and etymology

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  • The star had an obscure Babylonian name Kullat Nūnu−the latter being the Babylonian word for fish and the former "Kullat" referring to either a bucket or the cord that ties the fish together.
  • In Chinese, 右更 (Yòu Gèng), meaning Official in Charge of the Pasturing, refers to an asterism consisting of η Piscium, ρ Piscium, π Piscium, ο Piscium and 104 Piscium. Consequently, η Piscium itself is known as 右更二 (Yòu Gèng èr, English: the Second Star of Official in Charge of the Pasturing.)

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