Omicron Piscium
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 Location of ο Piscium(circled) |
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| Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0 |
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| Constellation | Pisces |
| Right ascension | 01h 45m 23.6s |
| Declination | +09° 09' 28" |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | +4.26 |
| Distance | 142 ly (43.5 pc) |
| Spectral type | G8III |
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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 +4.26 and belongs to spectral type G8.
Name and etymology
- The star has the traditional name Torcularis septentrionalis[1]
- 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.)[2]
