Star profile
8 Piscis Austrini
What is 8 Piscis Austrini
8 Piscis Austrini is a white A-type star 191 light-years away, in Piscis Austrinus —a small southern constellation dominated by the lonely Fomalhaut, the brilliant Mouth of the Fish—. It shines at magnitude 5.7, near the limit of unaided-eye visibility, and from Mediterranean latitudes barely lifts above the southern horizon on quiet autumn nights. Its steady white light quietly accompanies the far brighter Fomalhaut, like a candle beside a beacon.
Where it is and when to see it
8 Piscis Austrini lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is August: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 8 Piscis Austrini
- Constellation
- Piscis Austrinus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.73
- Distance
- 190.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 324.046° · Dec -26.172°
- Catalogue
- HIP 106654 · HD 205471
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Other stars in Piscis Austrinus
Piscis Austrinus has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- FomalhautAlpha Piscis Austrini1.17
- Epsilon Piscis Austrini4.18
- Delta Piscis Austrini4.20
- HIP 1097375.58
- HIP 1118095.66
- HIP 1135625.66
- HIP 1116005.82
- HIP 1119345.88