Gamma Piscium, a yellow subgiant star in Pisces
Gamma Piscium is a yellow subgiant star in the constellation Pisces. At 138 light years away, it is the 361st brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 3.7.
Gamma Piscium (HIP 114971)
Gamma Piscium is a yellow subgiant star in the constellation Pisces. At 138 light years away, it is the 361st brightest star in the Earth's sky, where it shines at an apparent visual magnitude of 3.70. The iron abundance of Gamma Piscium is -0.49 (32.4% of the Sun). It is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 153.1 km/s relative to the Sun.
Sky position: RA 23h 17.2m, Dec +3° 16.8'
Common designations: Gamma Piscium, 6 Piscium, HIP 114971, HD 219615, HR 8852
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Brightest stars in Pisces:
(list all)
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 1 | 3.62 | Al'farg |
2
| 3.70
) Gamma Piscium
| Rank | Mag. | Star |
| 3 | 3.82 | Alrisha |
| 4 | 4.03 | Omega Piscium |
| 5 | 4.13 | Iota Piscium |
| 6 | 4.26 | Torcularis Septentrionalis |
| 7 | 4.27 | Epsilon Piscium |
| 8 | 4.27 | Theta Piscium |
| 9 | 4.37 | 30 Piscium |
| 10 | 4.44 | Delta Piscium |
| 11 | 4.45 | Nu Piscium |
| 12 | 4.48 | Fum al Samakah |
| 13 | 4.49 | Lambda Piscium |
| 14 | 4.51 | Tau Piscium |
| 15 | 4.61 | 33 Piscium |
| 16 | 4.61 | Xi Piscium |
| 17 | 4.66 | Chi Piscium |
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Galactic Orbit of Gamma Piscium
(compared to the Sun)
E
ccentricity: 58.6% vs. 16.0%Angle φ : -127.4°vs. 26.0°
Semi-major axis : 7,255 pc vs. 8,686 pc
Semi-minor axis: 5,880 pc vs. 8,574 pc
Focus-to-center
: 4,249 pcvs. 1,388 pcSemilatus rectum : 4,766 pc vs. 8,464 pc
Perigalacticon: 3,006 pc vs. 7,297 pc
Apogalacticon
: 11,504 pcvs. 10,074 pcSome Tabulated XHIP Data for Gamma Piscium
(see also: SIMBAD)
Astrometry
2007A&A...474..653V
| Position | Proper Motion | |
| Right Ascension: | 349.28955639° ±0.16 mas | 759.73 ±0.19 mas/yr. |
| Declination: | 3.28224514° ±0.12 mas | 17.78 ±0.15 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Longitude: | 82.48002682° | 630.05 mas/yr. |
| Galactic Latitude: | -52.02632210° | -424.91 mas/yr. |
Parallax: 23.64 ± 0.18 mas
Spectrography
Spectral Type: G8 IV 1999MSS...C05....0H.
Radial Velocity: -14.42 ±0.21 km/s [A rating] 2008A&A...480...91S, 2006AstL...32..759G.
Iron Abundance [Fe/H]:
-0.49 ±0.02 dex
2011A&A...525A..71W, 2008A&A...484L..21M, 2008A&A...480...91S, 2007MNRAS.382..553L, 2007A&A...475.1003H, 2006A&A...458..609D, 1991ApJS...75..579L, 1990ApJS...74.1075M, 1989A&A...214..239B.
Photometry
| band | magnitude | Abs. Mag. |
| U | ||
| B | 4.62 | 1.48 |
| V | 3.70 | 0.57 |
| R | 3.10 | -0.03 |
| I | 2.70 | -0.43 |
| J | 2.02 | -1.11 |
| H | 1.49 | -1.65 |
| K | 1.39 | -1.74 |
B-V: +0.92 V-I: +1.00
Derivations
Heliocentric distance: 42.30 pc (0.8% margin of error)
Galactocentric distance: 7,397 pc
Transverse velocity: 152.4 km/s
3D heliocentric position and motion:
|
toward: |
Galactic center | Galactic rotation | North Galactic Pole |
| Position ( X, Y, Z) | 3.4 pc | 25.8 pc | -33.3 pc |
| Velocity (U, V, W) | -135.2 km/s | -58.8 km/s | -41.1 km/s |