Beta Piscium

Beta Piscium
Location of β Piscium(circled)


Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	23^h 03^m 52.6^s
Declination	+03° 49' 12"
Apparent magnitude (V)	+4.53
Distance	492 ly (151 pc)
Spectral type	B6Ve
Other designations
Fum al Samakah, β Piscium, β Psc, Beta Psc, 4 Psc, BD+03 4818, FK5 1602, GC 32134, HD 217891, HIP 113889, HR 8773, PPM 173700, SAO 127934

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).^[1]^[2]
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.)^[3]

Stars of Pisces

Bayer	α (Alrescha) β (Fum al Samakah) γ δ ε ζ η (Kullat Nunu) θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο (Torcularis Septentrionalis) π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ¹ ψ² ψ³ ω

Flamsteed	1 2 3 5 7 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 55 57 58 59 60 61 62 64 65 66 67 68 70 72 73 75 76 77 78 80 82 87 88 89 91 92 94 95 96 97 100 101 103 104 105 107 109 112 4 Cet 5 Cet

Variable	R Y RU RV RZ SS SV SZ TX (19) TY UV UZ VY (3 Ari) VZ WW WX WZ XZ AO AQ AR AY AZ BE BK BR BT BU CY DT DV DZ EO FL GU

HR	2 29 67 69 94 107 141 145 161 222 243 259 276 277 303 341 344 356 371 374 397 407 426 450 457 484 527 8730 8734 8735 8738 8751 8776 8785 8897 8983 9015

HD	26 1502 2358 4203 4313 5418 5891 7107 8574 8733 9496 9986 10262 12730 217590 217786 218566 219188 224690

Gliese	GJ 1286 GJ 3076 GJ 3128

Other	Bond's flare star CS 22949-037 Feige 110 G 29-38 2MASS 0036+1821 NGC 33 NGC 46 PG 0014+067 PG 0122+200 PSR J0030+0451 1RXS J232953.9+062814 SIMP J013656.5+093347 van Maanen 2 WASP-28 WASP-32

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