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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Iota Piscium
Flamsteed Number	17 Piscium
HR (BSC)	8969
HD	222368
Constellation	Pisces
Right Ascension	23h 39m 57s
Declination	+5° 37' 35"
Distance	45 light years 14 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.13 Absolute: +3.44
Spectral Class	F7V bright yellow dwarf
Optimum Visibility	September / October
Notes	Iota Piscium lies very close to at least one other star in the sky, and so was at one time suspected to be binary system, but its apparent companion has since been shownn to be an optical double, merely lying on the same line of sight. There are indications that the star is surrounded by a disc of debris.

Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

A view of the bright yellow star Iota Piscium. One of its faint companion stars - an optical double - is also visible.

Marking the tail of one of Pisces' two fishes, Iota Piscium is a dwarf star, like Earth's own Sun. It is also relatively close, at just 45 light years' distance.

Iota Piscium compared to the Sun. Though both stars are dwarfs, Iota Piscium is more than 1.5 times the Sun's diameter, and more than three times as luminous.

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