Fum al Samakah/Origin

Beta Piscium (Beta Psc, β Piscium, β Psc) is a [http:// star] in the constellation Pisces. It has the traditional name Fum al Samakah.

Beta Piscium belongs to the spectral class B6Ve and is of magnitude +4.53m. It is approximately 492 light-years from the Sun.

 The name  Fum al Samakah  was from the Arabic فم السمكة  fum al-samakah  "mouth of the fish" (compare  Fomalhaut ).

 In  Chinese ,  霹靂  ( Pī Lì ), meaning  Thunderbolt, refers to an asterism consisting of refers to an asterism consisting of β Piscium,  γ Piscium ,  θ Piscium ,  ι Piscium  and  ω Piscium. Consequently, β Piscium itself is known as  霹靂一  ( Pī Lì yī, English: the First Star of Thunderbolt.) [

