Epsilon Piscis Austrini

Epsilon Piscis Austrini
Location of ε Piscis Austrini (circled)
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0 (ICRS)
Constellation Piscis Austrinus
Right ascension 22h 40m 39.34826s
Declination −27° 02′ 37.0151″
Apparent magnitude (V) +4.17
Characteristics
Spectral type B8 Ve or B8 IVe
U−B color index −0.31
B−V color index −0.11
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)+1.1±2.8 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: +21.839 mas/yr
Dec.: −1.588 mas/yr
Parallax (π)5.9219±0.2931 mas
Distance550 ± 30 ly
(169 ± 8 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)−1.66
Details
Mass5.95±0.30 M
Radius7.51±0.38 R
Luminosity661 L
Surface gravity (log g)3.93 cgs
Temperature11,066 K
Rotational velocity (v sin i)216 km/s
Other designations
ε PsA, 18 Piscis Austrini, CD−27°16010, FK5 854, HD 214748, HIP 111954, HR 8628, SAO 191318
Database references
SIMBADdata

Epsilon Piscis Austrini, Latinized from ε Piscis Austrini, is a blue-white hued star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.17. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 5.92mas as seen from the Gaia satellite, the system is located at a distance of roughly 550 light years.