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Tau Piscis Austrini

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is Tau Piscis Austrini

Tau Piscis Austrini is a relatively close yellow-white star, barely 60 light years away, in the constellation of the Southern Fish — home of the famous Fomalhaut. It shares its spectral type with many stars that host planetary systems, and its proximity makes it one of the modest but accessible neighbours of our galactic surroundings. Its light set out around 1965, at the very dawn of the space age.

Where it is and when to see it

Tau 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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A signature without a lock can be replaced by someone else's. The lock makes the signature permanent and lets you choose a symbolic name for the star, always shown next to the star's catalogue identifier. How the lock works

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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.

Astronomical data for Tau Piscis Austrini

Constellation
Piscis Austrinus
Apparent magnitude
4.94
Distance
59.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 332.536° · Dec -32.548°
Catalogue
HIP 109422 · HD 210302

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Other stars in Piscis Austrinus

Piscis Austrinus has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 26 stars in Piscis Austrinus