VY-Psc (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , VY-Psc is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 34° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:24, 65° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:27, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
VY-Psc
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 01h46m35s [4] |
| Declination: | +17°24'45" [4] |
| Constellation: | Pisces |
| Magnitude: Variable | 6.54 (V) [2] 6.86 (BT) [2] 6.57 (VT) [2] 6.50 (G) [4] 6.63 (BP) [4] 6.25 (RP) [4] |
| Distance: | 154.3 parsec 502.9 lightyrs [4] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.25 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 49.4 mas/yr[4] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 86.4° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 0.60 |
Sources