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Tau Piscium (Tau Psc τ Piscium τ Psc) is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.51. It is approximately 162 light years from Earth.Tau Piscium is moving through the Galaxy at a speed of 40.5 km/s relative to the Sun. Its projected Galactic orbit carries it between 23900 and 40900 light years from the center of the Galaxy.Tau Piscium came closest to the Sun 1.1 million years ago when it had brightened to magnitude 2.97 from a distance of 83 light years.