Astronomy and Space

Delta Piscium

Delta Piscium, also named Waiping, is a solitary, orange-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.4, so it is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.86 mas, it is around 300 light-years (92 parsecs) from the Sun. The visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an interstellar absorption factor of 0.08 due to interstellar dust.

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• ▸Andromeda Galaxy
• ▸Begging in animals
• ▸ASTERIA (spacecraft)

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