Stars in Piscis Austrinus
The brightest star in Piscis Austrinus is Fomalhaut, at apparent magnitude 1.16 and 25 ly from Earth, one of 16 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 3 of them carrying a name.
Brightest first. A constellation is a direction, not a neighbourhood: these stars share a patch of sky as seen from Earth and can sit thousands of light-years apart. The known worlds in this direction →
| # | Star | Magnitude | Distance | Class | Temperature |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fomalhaut | 1.16 | 25.1 ly | White main-sequence star | 8,590 K |
| 2 | Epsilon PsA | 4.18 | 487 ly | B8V | ~11,658 K |
| 3 | Delta PsA | 4.20 | 154 ly | G8III | ~4,861 K |
| 4 | Beta PsA | 4.29 | 143 ly | A1V | ~9,990 K |
| 5 | Iota PsA | 4.35 | 204 ly | B9.5V | ~10,838 K |
| 6 | Gamma PsA | 4.46 | 215 ly | A0III | ~10,612 K |
| 7 | Mu PsA | 4.50 | 136 ly | A2V | ~9,498 K |
| 8 | Lacaille 9352 | 7.35 | 10.7 ly | M2/M3V | ~3,819 K |
| 9 | GJ 887 | 7.56 | 10.7 ly | M1 V | 3,688 K |
| 10 | HD 217958 | 8.05 | 202 ly | G-type | 5,931 K |
| 11 | HD 216770 | 8.11 | 120 ly | G9 V CN+1 | 5,399 K |
| 12 | HD 205739 | 8.56 | 302 ly | F7 V | 6,176 K |
| 13 | Sāmaya | 8.56 | 351 ly | F7V | ~6,187 K |
| 14 | HD 207832 | 8.78 | 192 ly | G5 V | 5,726 K |
| 15 | TOI-139 | 10.55 | 138 ly | K-type | 4,570 K |
| 16 | WASP-124 | 12.72 | 1,463 ly | F9 | 6,050 K |
Common questions
What is the brightest star in Piscis Austrinus?
The brightest star in Piscis Austrinus is Fomalhaut, at apparent magnitude 1.16 and 25 ly from Earth, one of 16 stars gravityfinder lists in the constellation, 3 of them carrying a name.
What is the nearest star in Piscis Austrinus?
The nearest of them is Lacaille 9352, 11 ly away.