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Beta Piscis Austrini

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is Beta Piscis Austrini

β Piscis Austrini inhabits the Southern Fish, that quiet figure of the southern sky. It is a triple system 143 light-years away: a white main-sequence star of 2.3 solar masses, joined at vast distance by a small Sun-like twin some 1,376 astronomical units out. A wide, silent architecture, bound by gravity across an immensity.

Where it is and when to see it

Beta 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, when it culminates around midnight.

  • From London it culminates about 6° above the horizon.
  • From New York it culminates about 17° above the horizon.
  • From Sydney it culminates about 88° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 58° N.

It ranks no. 4 in brightness among the 26 stars of Piscis Austrinus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Fomalhaut, the brightest: it lies about 6° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 140 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Beta Piscis Austrini

Constellation
Piscis Austrinus
Apparent magnitude
4.29
Distance
142.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 337.876° · Dec -32.346°
Catalogue
HIP 111188 · HD 213398

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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