54 Piscium

54 Piscium

54 Piscium A and the brown dwarf 54 Piscium B (circled).
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation Pisces
Right ascension 00h 39m 21.80539s
Declination +21° 15 01.7129
Apparent magnitude (V) 5.88
Characteristics
Spectral type K0V / T7.5V
U−B color index +0.57
B−V color index +0.85
Variable type Suspected
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−33.07±0.13 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −461.948 mas/yr
Dec.: −369.624 mas/yr
Parallax (π)90.0248±0.482 mas
Distance36.2 ± 0.2 ly
(11.11 ± 0.06 pc)
Absolute magnitude (MV)5.65
Details
54 Psc A
Mass0.848±0.040 M
Radius0.862±0.008 R
Luminosity0.527±0.007 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.52±0.02 cgs
Temperature5,297±31 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]+0.14±0.02 dex
Rotation40.2±4.0 d
Age10.0±3.5 Gyr
54 Psc B
Mass48.1+4.4
−4.0
 MJup
Radius0.81±0.02 RJup
Temperature809+15
−16
 K
Other designations
54 Psc, NSV 245, BD+20°85, FK5 276, GJ 27, HD 3651, HIP 3093, HR 166, SAO 74175, LHS 1116, LTT 10224
Database references
SIMBADdata

54 Piscium is an orange dwarf star approximately 36 light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. In 2003, an extrasolar planet was confirmed to be orbiting the star, and in 2006, a brown dwarf was also discovered orbiting it.