Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
Piscis Austrinus
Constellation
List of stars in Piscis Austrinus
Abbreviation
PsA
Genitive
Piscis Austrini
Pronunciation
/ˈpaɪsɪsɒsˈtraɪnəs/ or /ɒsˈtreɪlɪs/, genitive /ˈpaɪsɪsɒˈstraɪnaɪ/
Symbolism
the Southern Fish
Right ascension
21h 27m 13.8661s–23h 06m 54.6033s[1]
Declination
−24.8250446°–−36.4592972°[1]
Quadrant
SQ4
Area
245 sq. deg. (60th)
Main stars
7
Bayer/Flamsteed stars
21
Stars with planets
6
Stars brighter than 3.00m
1
Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly)
3
Brightest star
Fomalhaut (α PsA) (1.16m)
Messier objects
0
Meteor showers
?
Bordering constellations
Capricornus Microscopium Grus Sculptor Aquarius
Visible at latitudes between +55° and −90°. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of October.
Piscis Austrinus is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. The name is Latin for "the southern fish", in contrast with the larger constellation Pisces, which represents a pair of fish. Before the 20th century, it was also known as Piscis Notius. Piscis Austrinus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. The stars of the modern constellation Grus once formed the "tail" of Piscis Austrinus. In 1597 (or 1598), Petrus Plancius carved out a separate constellation and named it after the crane.
It is a faint constellation, containing only one star brighter than 4th magnitude: Fomalhaut, which is 1st magnitude and the 18th-brightest star in the night sky. Fomalhaut is surrounded by a circumstellar disk, and possibly hosts a planet. Other objects contained within the boundaries of the constellation include Lacaille 9352, the brightest red dwarf star in the night sky (though still too faint to see with the naked eye); and PKS 2155-304, a BL Lacertae object that is one of the optically brightest blazars in the sky.
^ ab"The Constellations". International Astronomical Union.
pair of fish. Before the 20th century, it was also known as Piscis Notius. PiscisAustrinus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century...
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation PiscisAustrinus, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation (in Chinese) AEEA...
constellation of PiscisAustrinus, the Southern Fish, and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Piscis Austrini, which...
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation PiscisAustrinus is located within the northern quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized...
modern boundaries it is bordered by Aquila, Sagittarius, Microscopium, PiscisAustrinus, and Aquarius. The constellation is located in an area of sky called...
Citlalcuetzpalin, goddess of Andromeda and Pegasus. Citlaltecpatl, goddess of PiscisAustrinus and Crane. Citlalxonecuilli, goddess of Auriga and Perseus. Citlalicue...
Southern Fish)when it was still part of PiscisAustrinus with the Bayer designation κ Piscis Austrini (Kappa Piscis Austrini). In 2016, the IAU organized...
created by Jérôme Lalande in 1798. It lay between the constellations PiscisAustrinus, Capricornus and Microscopium. It is no longer in use. The constellation...
Microscopium is a small constellation bordered by Capricornus to the north, PiscisAustrinus and Grus to the east, Sagittarius to the west, and Indus to the south...
poem Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) by Dante Alighieri. // PiscisAustrinus α Piscis Austrini A Fomalhaut IAU new 2015 The name is originally from...
constellations are mythologically associated with the zodiacal ones: PiscisAustrinus, The Southern Fish, is attached to Aquarius. In classical maps, it...
water-associated constellations, its other members being Eridanus, Pisces, PiscisAustrinus and Aquarius. Cetus has been depicted in many ways throughout its history...
approximately 66 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of PiscisAustrinus. It was discovered by John Herschel on September 28, 1834. In 2009...
Tau Piscis Austrini (τ Piscis Austrini) is a solitary, yellow-white hued star in the southern constellation of PiscisAustrinus. It is visible to the...
Epsilon Piscis Austrini, Latinized from ε Piscis Austrini, is a blue-white hued star in the southern constellation of PiscisAustrinus. It is visible to...
Eta Piscis Austrini (η Piscis Austrini) is binary star system in the southern constellation of PiscisAustrinus. As of 2000, the two components had an...
of the (Southern) Fish, PiscisAustrinus: it, with Alpha, Delta, Theta, Iota, and Lambda Gruis, belonged to PiscisAustrinus in medieval Arabic astronomy...
and Fomalhaut watched the Southern sky and was the brightest star in PiscisAustrinus (sharing the same longitude with the star Sadalmelik which is the predominant...
Delta Piscis Austrini, Latinized from δ Piscis Austrini, is a yellow-hued star in the southern constellation of PiscisAustrinus. It is visible to the...
9352 (Lac 9352) is a red dwarf star in the southern constellation of PiscisAustrinus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 7.34, this star is too faint...
Iota Piscis Austrini (ι Piscis Austrini) is a solitary, blue-white hued star in the southern constellation of PiscisAustrinus. It has an apparent visual...
Theta Piscis Austrini, Latinized as θ Piscis Austrini, is a binary star system in the southern constellation of PiscisAustrinus. It is faintly visible...
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