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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Fomalhaut , brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (southern fish); Bayer designation Alpha Piscis Austrini; 1992 position R.A. 22 ^h 57.3 ^m , Dec. -29°39′. A white, main-sequence star of spectral class A3 V, its apparent magnitude of 1.16 makes it one of the 20 brightest stars in the sky. Fomalhaut is one of the nearer bright stars, lying at a distance of 23 light-years. Its name is from the Arabic meaning "mouth of the southern fish."

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