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Fomalhaut The star Alpha Piscis Austrini, magnitude 1.16. It is an A3 dwarf, 25 l.y. away.

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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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Piscis Austrinus

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Piscis Austrinus (abbr. PsA, gen. Piscis Austrini) A constellation of the southern sky, popularly known as the Southern Fish. It contains the bright star Fomalhaut (Alpha Piscis Austrini) but little else of note.

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