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Can the BP Piscium star curently be seen from earth?

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cdwrover123 | 10:04 Fri 17th Sep 2010 | Science
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Can the BP Piscium star curently be seen from earth?
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I wouldn't think so, it's 1,000 light years away, it's only been located by the X-ray observatory. Have you tried googlng it?
10:06 Fri 17th Sep 2010
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According to Polish Wikipedia (I know!) it looks like it has an apparent magnitude of 11.8

http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP_Piscium

An observer in good conditions can see down to about 6.5 in good conditions (larger number is fainter)

A 3" telescope gets you down to about 11th magnitude so yes probably but you'd need good quality amateur equipment to do it and then it would still look like the faintest spot of light
13:18 Fri 17th Sep 2010

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