Constellation
The constellation Piscis Austrinus
PsA
Piscis Austrinus gathers 26 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Fomalhaut, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around August.
Piscis Austrinus in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 26
- Brightest star
- Fomalhaut
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- August
- With a proper name
- 1
- Nearest star
- Fomalhaut
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 1.17
Declination from -35° to -25°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
25 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Piscis Austrinus
The 26 stars of Piscis Austrinus catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- FomalhautAlpha Piscis Austrini1.17
- Epsilon Piscis Austrini4.18
- Delta Piscis Austrini4.20
- Beta Piscis Austrini4.29
- Iota Piscis Austrini4.35
- Gamma Piscis Austrini4.46
- Mu Piscis Austrini4.50
- Tau Piscis Austrini4.94
- Upsilon Piscis Austrini4.99
- Theta Piscis Austrini5.02
- Pi Piscis Austrini5.12
- HIP 1094045.37
- Eta Piscis Austrini5.43
- Lambda Piscis Austrini5.45
- HIP 1135325.51
- HIP 1136695.55
- HIP 1097375.58
- HIP 1118095.66
- HIP 1135625.66
- 8 Piscis Austrini5.73
- HIP 1116005.82
- HIP 1119345.88
- HIP 1110455.95
- 6 Piscis Austrini5.97
- HIP 1089755.97
- 21 Piscis Austrini5.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.