Alpha Piscium (Struve 202) has an orbit of 933 years (considerably more than the 720 years previously thought): 4.3, 5.2; currently PA 223 degrees, separation 1.6".
Zeta Piscium (Struve 100) is a fine binary: 5.6, 6.5; 63 degrees, 23" separation.
[6739] alpha Piscium or Alrescha ("the cord") marks the point where the cords joining the tails are knotted together. It is the third brightest star in Pisces. It consists of a close pair of white dwarfs.
Alrescha = Alpha Piscium
Fum al Samakah = Beta Piscium
Gamma Psc = Gamma Piscium
Kullat Nunu = Eta Piscium
Iota Psc = Iota Piscium
Kappa Psc = Kappa Piscium
Omega Psc = Omega Piscium
19 Psc = 19 Piscium
54 Psc = 54 Piscium # ...
Alpha Piscium is called Alrescha, from the Arabic name meaning ‘the cord'. It lies where the cords joining the two fish are knotted together.
It lies at the eastern edge (1:44:55.8+20:4:59.3, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Pisces, the Fish -- northeast of Kullat Nunu (Eta Piscium), northwest of Omicron and Alrescha (Alpha Piscium), ...
Alrischa; Alrescha; El Rischa; Al Richa; Rescha; Okda; Kaitain.
Alpha Piscium
HR 596
HD 12447 ...
Pisces is said to resemble two fish, which are tied to α (alpha) Piscium by long lines. Alpha Piscium is known as Al Rischa in Arabic, where it means 'the cord'.
 See also: Sky, Earth, Constellation, Aries, Pisces
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