Piscis Austrinus (also known as Piscis Australis) 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 fishes. Prior to the 20th century, it was also known as Piscis Notius. Its only star brighter than 4th magnitude is Fomalhaut, which is a first-magnitude star and is the 18th brightest star in the night sky.
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.
In Greek mythology, this constellation is known as the Great Fish and it is portrayed as swallowing the water being poured out by Aquarius, the water-bearer constellation. The two fish of the constellation Pisces are said to be the offspring of the Great Fish. In Egyptian mythology, this fish saved the life of the Egyptian goddess Isis, so she placed this fish and its descendants into the heavens as constellations of stars.
Fomalhaut (alpha [α] PsA), the principal star of Piscis Austrinus, the ‘Southern Fish’, and the eighteenth-brightest star in the heavens, is the most southerly first-magnitude star visible right across the UK ... CAPTION] Fomalhaut is the principal star of the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus, the ‘Southern Fish’.
at the end of the month ... Contributed ... His lower body, and water flowing from his jug, are a couple lines of dim stars that pass to the left of Saturn and end near the far southern constellation Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish) ... In some representations, Piscis Austrinus was seen as swallowing the water that flowed out of the water jug of Aquarius ... .
That star is Fomalhaut (pronounced Fomalo - with the Os pronounced as in "post"), marking the eye of Piscis Austrinus, "The Southern Fish" ... Our Sun has a surface temperature of 6,000 C ... Piscis Austrinus, Fomalhaut's home constellation, was known by the ancient Greeks as "The Great Fish" ... Fall is coming ... 6 ... ....
PAGASA said the Piscis Austrinid, Southern δ-Aquariids, and α-Capricornids meteor showers will all be active this month. The Piscis Austrinid meteor shower will be visible from July 15 to Aug ... “It will be active from the time its radiant, Piscis Austrinus, begins to rise in the southeastern sky at 8.47 p.m.
Fomalhaut, a star just 25 light-years away, is so dazzlingly bright that it blots out the faint light of other stars around it. Stargazers have been enraptured by its secrets for thousands of years ... “It’s the first time we’ve seen such structures in an evolved system.” ... Fomalhaut dwells in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus ... Trending Stories.
It reveals three nested belts extending out 14 billion miles from the star. The inner belts were revealed by Webb for the first time ... Webb was used to study to study the Fomalhaut star, located in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, which is forming planets in a manner that is similar to what happened in our solar system around 4 billion years ago.
Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to study Fomalhaut -- the first asteroid belt ever seen outside of our solar system in infrared light ... The belts encircle the young hot star, which can be seen with the naked eye as the brightest star in the southern constellation, Piscis Austrinus ... (With inputs from IANS) Also Read ... NASA ... Space.
One of the things astronomers would love to see is planets forming around other stars. That would help us understand our own Solar System better ... It’s a young, nearby star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, the “Southern Fish.” It’s a main-sequence star almost twice as massive as the Sun and is about 25 light years away ... .
There has been plenty of excitement in recent decades about planets detected orbiting various stars beyond our solar system ... Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in our night sky and the brightest in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, is located 25 light years from Earth ... 'Planets form within the primordial disks surrounding young stars ... .
CLOSE-UP. Observations by the James Webb Space Telescope revealed two more rings near the star Fomalhaut, offering an insight into planetary beginnings, a scientist said. Reuters, WASHINGTON ... Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in our night sky and the brightest in the southern constellation Piscis Austrinus, is 25 light years from Earth ... .