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Omicron Piscium

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Surface temperature
  
4,950 K

Mass
  
5.967 × 10^30 kg (3 M☉)

Constellation
  
Pisces

Magnitude
  
4.27

Radius
  
10.44 million km (15 R☉)

Omicron Piscium

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Omicron Piscium (Omicron Psc, ο Piscium, ο Psc) is a star in the constellation Pisces, located about 142 light years from Earth.

It has an apparent magnitude of +4.27 and belongs to spectral type K0.

Name and etymology

  • The star has the traditional name Torcularis septentrionalis
  • In Chinese, 右更 (Yòu Gèng), meaning Official in Charge of the Pasturing, refers to an asterism consisting of ο Piscium, η Piscium, ρ Piscium, π Piscium and 104 Piscium. Consequently, ο Piscium itself is known as 右更四 (Yòu Gèng sì, English: the Fourth Star of Official in Charge of the Pasturing.)

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