Iota Piscium

Iota Piscium
Location of ι Piscium (circled in red)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 23h 39m 57.04138s
Declination +05° 37′ 34.6475″
Apparent magnitude (V) 4.13
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type F7 V
U−B color index −0.01
B−V color index +0.50
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+5.4 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: 377.15±0.19 mas/yr
Dec.: −437.43±0.15 mas/yr
Parallax (π)72.92±0.15 mas
Distance44.73 ± 0.09 ly
(13.71 ± 0.03 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)3.43
Details
Mass1.15+0.14
−0.04
 M
Radius1.595±0.014 R
Luminosity3.555±0.058 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.11 cgs
Temperature6,288±37 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.12 dex
Rotation9 days
Rotational velocity (v sin i)6.67 km/s
Age5.19+0.80
−2.15
 Gyr
Other designations
ι Psc, 17 Psc, BD+04°5035, FK5 892, GC 32879, GJ 904, HD 222368, HIP 116771, HR 8969, SAO 128310, PPM 174312, CCDM J23399+0538A, WDS J23399+0538A, IDS 23348+0505 A
Database references
SIMBADdata

Iota Piscium (Iota Psc, ι Piscium, ι Psc) is a star located in the constellation Pisces. With an apparent magnitude of +4.13, it is visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements give a distance of 44.73 light-years.

Its spectral type is F7V, with the luminosity class V suggesting it is in the main sequence, fusing atoms of hydrogen into helium. The star has 1.15 times the Sun's mass and 1.60 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 3.6 times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of 6,288 K. It is a suspected variable star.

The star was once thought to have one or two stellar companions, but both are line-of-sight coincidences. However, it has a candidate proper motion companion with a separation of 8.48". It displays a far-infrared excess at a wavelength of 70μm, suggesting it is being orbited by a cold debris disk.