- Stars with a name
- Fomalhaut
Fomalhaut
α Piscis Austrini
Fomalhaut is a white star, in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 2001.
Where to find it
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 1.17.
What it’s like
It gives off 18 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 8,600 degrees.
It is 25.1 light years away: 238 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 2001: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.