Also known as Alpha Piscis Austrini, a bright white star in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fishes. The name Fomalhaut comes from the Arabic phrase Fam al-Hut al-Janubi, which means "The Mouth of the Southern Fish" and refers to the star's position in the constellation.
Fomalhaut (α PsA / α Piscis Austrini / Alpha Piscis Austrini) is the brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night time sky.
FOMALHAUT (Alpha Piscis Austrinus). This wonderful first magnitude star of northern- hemisphere autumn, usually pronounced "fo-ma-low," slides slowly in lonely grandeur above the ...
FOMALHAUT "mouth of the fish" Other Names. Os Piscis Meridiani; Os Piscis Notii; Difda al Auwel, the "First Frog". Alpha Piscis Austrini; HR 8728 HD 216956
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