- 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 temperature is about 8,300 degrees Celsius.
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.