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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	None
Flamsteed Number	30 Piscium
HR (BSC)	9089
HD	224935
Constellation	Pisces
Right Ascension	0h 1m 58s
Declination	-6° 0' 51"
Distance	414 light years 127 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.4 Absolute: -1.2
Spectral Class	M3III Red Giant
Optimum Visibility	October
Notes	This star also carries the variable designation of YY Piscium. Its brightness can change by up to a tenth of a magnitude, but being a semiregular variable the period of this change is itself variable, from as little as 23 days to as many as 168.

30 Piscium lies in far south of Pisces, almost on that constellation's border with Cetus. It is a distant red giant star, more than 400 light years from the Solar System, that shines with a variable magnitude.

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