Primary π PsA A Magnitude 5.135 Apparent magnitude (V) 5.135 | Companion π PsA B | |
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Pi Piscis Austrini (Pi PsA, π Piscis Austrini, π PsA) is spectroscopic binary in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, with a well-determined period of 178.3177 days and an apparent magnitude of +5.12. It is approximately 93 light years from Earth.
The temperatures are 7400 Kelvin for Pi PsA A and 6900 for Pi PsA B, as well as their estimated brightness ratio, and get luminosities of 3.4 and 2.6 times that of the Sun.
Pi Piscis Austrini is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 16.3 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 24,100 and 37,300 light years from the center of the Galaxy.
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