Alrescha

Alrescha is a blue-white star (spectral type A0p) about 151 light-years away. With an apparent magnitude of 3.83 it is easy to see with the naked eye under a dark sky.

The knot that ties the two Fishes together; the name means "the cord".

Its light output is roughly 50 times that of the Sun (a rough estimate in visible light, calculated from brightness and distance).

From Germany (52° N) it rises and sets; it is best seen in the evening in October.