Star in the constellation Pisces
Delta Piscium (δ Piscium ) is a solitary,[ 8] orange-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces . It has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.4,[ 2] so it is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.86 mas , it is around 300 light-years (92 parsecs ) from the Sun .[ 1] The visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an interstellar absorption factor of 0.08 due to interstellar dust .[ 9]
This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K4 IIIb.[ 3] It has around 1.65 times the mass of the Sun and, at the age of three billion years,[ 3] has expanded to 38[ 6] times the Sun's radius . The star is radiating 292 times the Sun's luminosity from its enlarged photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,868 K.[ 6]
Because Delta Piscium is positioned near the ecliptic , so it is subject to lunar occultations .[ 10] It has a magnitude 13.99 visual companion at an angular separation of 135.0 arc seconds on a position angle of 12°, as of 2011.[ 11]
Naming
In Chinese , 外屏 (Wài Píng ), meaning Outer Fence , refers to an asterism of stars, δ Piscium, ε Piscium , ζ Piscium , μ Piscium , ν Piscium , ξ Piscium and α Piscium . Consequently, the Chinese name for δ Piscium itself is 外屏一 (Wài Píng yī , English: the First Star of Outer Fence .)[ 12]
References
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Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR .
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