Nu Piscium
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Nu Piscium is a star approximately 368 light years away from Earth
, in the constellation Pisces
. It is an orange star of the spectral type K3IIIb, meaning it possesses a surface temperature between 3,500 and 5,000 kelvin
s. It is a giant star
, cooler in surface temperature than our Sun, yet larger and brighter.
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
, in the constellation Pisces
Pisces (constellation)
Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac. Its name is the Latin plural for fish, and its symbol is . It lies between Aquarius to the west and Aries to the east...
. It is an orange star of the spectral type K3IIIb, meaning it possesses a surface temperature between 3,500 and 5,000 kelvin
Kelvin
The kelvin is a unit of measurement for temperature. It is one of the seven base units in the International System of Units and is assigned the unit symbol K. The Kelvin scale is an absolute, thermodynamic temperature scale using as its null point absolute zero, the temperature at which all...
s. It is a giant star
Giant star
A giant star is a star with substantially larger radius and luminosity than a main sequence star of the same surface temperature. Typically, giant stars have radii between 10 and 100 solar radii and luminosities between 10 and 1,000 times that of the Sun. Stars still more luminous than giants are...
, cooler in surface temperature than our Sun, yet larger and brighter.