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Fomalhaut
α Piscis Austrini
On the 1971 working instrument: Pisces 3°27′. A southern lamp on the same table as Sirius.
Royal southern watcher. The mouth of the southern fish.
Astronomy · astrophysics
- Magnitude
- 1.16
- Distance
- 25.1 light-years
- Spectrum
- A4 V
- Coordinates
- 22h 58m · −29° 37′
A young A-star with a debris disk.
α PsA, about 25.1 ly. Apparent magnitude 1.16. Spectral type A4 V.
A young A-star with a debris disk. The southern fish’s mouth is a physical lamp, not only a royal office.
Historical story · culture
A royal star of the south
- later Persian and medieval listsFomalhaut was counted among four royal stars, with Aldebaran, Regulus, and Antares. That office is a historical astronomy of watchers, not a spectral class.
Living
Royal southern watcher on this epoch table. The choir is not only northern.
Sources
- SIMBAD
- Gaia
- Astro-Seek 30 major fixed stars · 1971
Choir
Rotanev · SualocinSiriusIzar · PulcherrimaThubanCapellaRigelMeropeTolimanM42Jupiter · IoSpicaFomalhautArcturusAlhenaCanopusWorking choir · not a planetarium