Arabic star names / Fomalhaut
Fomalhaut
فم الحوت
Fomalhaut comes from the Arabic فم الحوت (Fam al-Ḥūt), which means “the mouth of the fish”. It is the 18th-brightest star in the sky, in Piscis Austrinus.
- Brightness
- 1.17
- Colour
- white
- Constellation
- Piscis Austrinus
- Best seen
- October evenings
- Right ascension
- 22h 58m
- Declination
- −29° 37′
The name
It sits at the mouth of the Southern Fish, a lonely bright star in a dim part of the autumn sky.
Where you can see it
It rises everywhere south of 60°N. From Riyadh it climbs to 36° above the horizon. From London it climbs to 9° above the horizon. From Sydney it climbs to 86° above the horizon.
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