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Common variable star 18 EP

59 Psc

RA 11.8068° · Dec 19.5787° · star

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Score breakdown

· 6 badges
18 pts · Common
Common 22 pts → Uncommon
  • Variable star +5
  • On the zodiac +3
  • Yellow-white F-type star +3
  • A named variable star +3
  • Main-sequence star +2
  • Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) +2
Total score 18

4 more points to reach Uncommon.

Badges

  • Variable star · +5
  • On the zodiac · +3
  • Yellow-white F-type star · +3
  • Main-sequence star · +2
  • Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) · +2
  • A named variable star · +3

Trivia

What it actually is

  • Spectral class. Its spectrum reads F0Vn — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.
  • Where it is in life. It is on the main sequence, quietly fusing hydrogen in its core exactly as the Sun does.
  • It changes. This star does not hold still: its brightness rises and falls on a rhythm of hours, days or years, either pulsing in size or being eclipsed by a companion.

Sense of scale

  • In perspective. Far away by human standards, yet still a local address inside the Milky Way's spiral arms.

Find it in the sky

  • How to spot it. At magnitude 6.1 it is just past naked-eye reach — ordinary binoculars will pull it in, over in Pisces.
  • Northern sky. It rides the northern half of the sky — an easier target the further north you are.
  • Best time of year. It stands highest in the middle of the night around October — that's when to go looking.

Could we get there?

  • Verdict. Hopelessly far for any craft humanity can build today.

Properties

absmag
1.097
bv
0.27
constellation
Psc
dist ly
328.1247
luminosity
31.7103
mag
6.11
name
59 Psc
spect
F0Vn
var amplitude
0.03
var designation
XX
var max
6.098
var min
6.128

About 59 Psc

59 Psc is a common variable star. It lies about 328.1 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Psc, shines at apparent magnitude 6.11 and has spectral type F0Vn.

Its spectrum reads F0Vn — an F-type star — a little hotter, whiter and shorter-lived than the Sun.

How to see it

Look for 59 Psc in the constellation Psc. At apparent magnitude 6.11, it is an easy target for binoculars.

Like any astronomical target, 59 Psc is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.

Why 59 Psc is a common variable star

59 Psc scores 18 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 4 points would lift it into a rarer tier.

That score comes from 6 science badges — Variable star, On the zodiac, Yellow-white F-type star, Main-sequence star, Barely variable (under 0.05 mag) and A named variable star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.