Mu Piscium

Mu Piscium^[1]
Observation data Epoch J2000.0 Equinox J2000.0
Location of μ Piscium(circled)
Constellation	Pisces
Right ascension	01h 30m 11.1151s
Declination	+6° 8' 37.754"
Apparent magnitude (V)	4.84
Characteristics
Spectral type	K4III
U−B color index	+1.53
B−V color index	+1.38
Astrometry

Radial velocity (R_v)	34.0 km/s
Proper motion (μ)	RA: 293.23 mas/yr Dec.: -46.36 mas/yr
Parallax (π)	9.05 ± 0.73 mas
Distance	360 ± 30 ly (110 ± 9 pc)

Other designations
μ Piscium, μ Psc, Mu Psc, 98 Piscium, BD+05 194, CCDM J01301+0609A, FK5 2099, GC 1819, HD 9138, HIP 7007, HR 434, IDS 01249+0537 A, PPM 144670, SAO 109926, WDS J01302+0609A.

Mu Piscium (Mu Psc, μ Piscium, μ Psc) is a multiple star with three components approximately 360 light years away from Earth, in the constellation Pisces. Its nearest multiple is approximately 5.6 degrees dimmer in apparent magnitude.^[2]

Naming

In Chinese, 外屏 (Wài Píng), meaning Outer Fence, refers to an asterism consisting of refers to an asterism consisting of μ Piscium, δ Piscium, ε Piscium, ζ Piscium, ν Piscium, ξ Piscium and α Piscium. Consequently, μ Piscium itself is known as 外屏四 (Wài Píng sì, English: the Fourth Star of Outer Fence.)^[3]

References

↑ "Simbad Query Result". Simbad. Retrieved September 30, 2007.
↑ "VizieR Detailed Page". Retrieved October 1, 2007.
↑ (Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 5 月 19 日

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 10262 12730 217590 217786 218566 219188

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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