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77 Piscium

Bright Yellow Star in Pisces

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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	77 Piscium
BSC	313 (A) and 314 (B)
HD	6479 (A) and 6480 (B)
Constellation	Pisces
Right Ascension	1h 6m 41s
Declination	+4° 59' 36"
Distance	A: 132 light years (41 parsecs) B: 140 light years (43 parsecs)
Magnitude	A: Apparent: +6.3; Absolute: +3.3 B: Apparent: +6.4; Absolute: +4.0
Spectral Class	A: F3V Bright Yellow Dwarf B: F6V Bright Yellow Dwarf
Optimum Visibility	October
Notes	The designation '77 Piscium' applies not to a single star, but to a pair of faint yellow-white dwarfs separated by just half an arcminute in the sky (though in fact lying several light years apart).

Hypothetical asteroid-like fragments in orbit around the star 77 Piscium A. Its optical companion, 77 Piscium B, lies some eight light years distant and is faintly visible in the background of this image.

A complex of two F-type dwarf stars (designated 77 Piscium A and 77 Piscium B) lying about eight light years from one another.

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