Fomalhaut (Star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Fomalhaut is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:12 (EST), 16° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:44, 19° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 21:01, when it sinks below 12° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Fomalhaut
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Object type
Star
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Other names
Position
| Right ascension: | 22h57m38s [3] |
| Declination: | −29°37'18" [3] |
| Constellation: | Piscis Austrinus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.23 (V) [3] 1.41 (BT) [2] 1.25 (VT) [2] |
| Distance: | 7.7 parsec 25.1 lightyrs [5] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.14 |
| Proper motion (speed): | 367.9 mas/yr[5] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 116.6° |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.80 |
Sources