107 Piscium
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107 Piscium (107 Psc) is a K-type main sequence
star
in the constellation
of Pisces
, about 24.4 light years away from the Earth
. It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 5.14 and 5.26.
The star is somewhat older than our Sun – approximately 6 billion years old.
, WDS 01425+2016B and WDS 01425+2016C; C is optical.
Flamsteed designation
Flamsteed designations for stars are similar to Bayer designations, except that they use numbers instead of Greek letters. Each star is assigned a number and the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...
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107 Piscium (107 Psc) is a K-type main sequence
Main sequence
The main sequence is a continuous and distinctive band of stars that appears on plots of stellar color versus brightness. These color-magnitude plots are known as Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams after their co-developers, Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell...
star
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
in the constellation
Constellation
In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....
of Pisces
Pisces (constellation)
Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac. Its name is the Latin plural for fish, and its symbol is . It lies between Aquarius to the west and Aries to the east...
, about 24.4 light years away from the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
. It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 5.14 and 5.26.
The star is somewhat older than our Sun – approximately 6 billion years old.
Visual companions
The star has two visual companionsDouble star
In observational astronomy, a double star is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope. This can happen either because the pair forms a binary star, i.e...
, WDS 01425+2016B and WDS 01425+2016C; C is optical.
External links
- SolStation article on 107 Piscium.