Fomalhaut (Star)
Color-magnitude diagram
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , Fomalhaut is difficult to observe as it will appear no higher than 18° above the horizon. It is visible between 21:38 and 01:52. It will become accessible around 21:38, when it rises to an altitude of 12° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:43, 18° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible around 01:52 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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Position
| Constellation: | Piscis Austrinus |
| Magnitude: Variable | 1.23 (V) [2] 1.41 (BT) [1] 1.25 (VT) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.14 |
| Right ascension: | 22h57m38s [2] |
| Declination: | -29°37'18" [2] |
| Distance: | 7.7 parsec 25.1 lightyrs [3] |
| Proper motion (speed): | 367.9 mas/yr [3] |
| Proper motion (pos ang): | 116.6° |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 1.80 |