Star profile

Pi Piscis Austrini

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

What is Pi Piscis Austrini

Pi Piscis Austrini is a white type A star peeking out some 96 light-years away, in the Southern Fish, the very constellation that guards bright Fomalhaut. To the naked eye it is barely a modest point, but its A spectral class reveals a hot, youthful atmosphere of nearly pure hydrogen. In its celestial neighbourhood the mythical waters flow from the Water Bearer down to the open mouth of the fish.

Where it is and when to see it

Pi 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 4° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 15° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 89° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 55° N.

It ranks no. 11 in brightness among the 26 stars of Piscis Austrinus in our catalogue. To find it, start from Fomalhaut, the brightest: it lies about 5° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 96 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Pi Piscis Austrini

Constellation: Piscis Austrinus
Apparent magnitude: 5.12
Distance: 96.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 345.874° · Dec -34.749°
Catalogue: HIP 113860 · HD 217792

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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