Fum as-Samaka

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Star
Fum as-Samaka (β Piscium)
AladinLite
Observation
dates equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Constellation fishes
Right ascension 23 h 03 m 52.61 s
declination + 03 ° 49 ′ 12.2 ″
Apparent brightness 4.48 likes
Typing
B − V color index −0.12 
U − B color index −0.49 
R − I index −0.13 
Spectral class B6 Ve
Astrometry
Radial velocity (0.0 ± 0.6) km / s
parallax (7.99 ± 0.22)  mas
distance (408 ± 11)  ly
(125.2 ± 3.4)  pc  
Visual absolute brightness M vis −1.01 mag
Proper movement 
Rec. Share: (11.76 ± 0.23)  mas / a
Dec. portion: (−9.85 ± 0.23)  mas / a
Physical Properties
Other names
and catalog entries
Bayer name β Piscium
Flamsteed name 4 piscium
Bonn survey BD + 03 ° 4818
Bright Star Catalog HR 8773 [1]
Henry Draper Catalog HD 217891 [2]
Hipparcos catalog HIP 113889 [3]
SAO catalog SAO 127934 [4]
Tycho catalog TYC 579-1834-1 [5]
annotation
  1. ↑ Calculated from apparent brightness and distance.

Fum as-Samaka ( Arabic فم السمكة, DMG Fum as-Samaka  'mouth of the fish'; according to the English transcription Fum al Samakah , cf. Fomalhaut ) is the name of the star β (beta) Piscium in the constellation Pisces .

Fum as-Samaka belongs to the spectral class B6Ve and has an apparent brightness of approx. +4.5 m . Fum as-Samaka is about 410 light years away.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Hipparcos catalog (ESA 1997)
  2. ↑ a b c Bright Star Catalog
  3. ↑ Pulkovo radial velocities for 35493 HIP stars
  4. ↑ a b c Hipparcos, the New Reduction (van Leeuwen, 2007)