Image via International Astronomical Union/ Sky & Telescope/ Wikimedia Commons. Stars in Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, including Fomalhaut. Or visit, the free online planetarium, and enter your location and time. You can use one of several stargazing smartphone apps, some that are free, to help you find it. From the Southern Hemisphere, Fomalhaut appears much higher in the sky. daylight saving time (DST)įrom the Northern Hemisphere, you can see Fomalhaut from as far north as 60 degrees latitude (southern Alaska, central Canada, northern Europe), where it just skims the southern horizon. Here are just a few approximate times and dates of culmination: It reaches its culmination – its highest point in the sky – around local midnight in mid-September.įomalhaut culminates (reaches its highest point in the sky) at different times on different dates. In early September, Fomalhaut is more or less opposite the sun. This star pattern marks the open mouth of the Southern Fish. In a dark sky, you’ll see a half-circle of faint stars of which bright Fomalhaut is a part. It’s part of the faint constellation Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish. How to see itįomalhaut is the 18th brightest star in the night sky. Astronomers think new worlds are forming in Fomalhaut’s ring, at an early stage in the planet-forming process. It’s of special interest to astronomers because it has a debris ring around it. Keep reading to learn more about this young star. Help EarthSky keep going! Please donate what you can to our annual crowd-funding campaign at. Fomalhaut will be the one that’s twinkling. Two brighter planets, Jupiter and Saturn, appear near it in the sky. From the Southern Hemisphere, you’ll look higher up to see Fomalhaut in your season of spring. From the Northern Hemisphere, Fomalhaut arcs in solitary splendor across the southern sky in autumn. That’s because it’s the only bright star in a wide stretch of sky. Fomalhaut, bright and lonelyįomalhaut, aka Alpha Piscis Austrinus, is sometimes called the Loneliest Star. Look high in the sky (in southern spring 2021) from the Southern Hemisphere. Look southward from the Northern Hemisphere. In northern autumn 2021, the bright, solitary star Fomalhaut will appear near the brighter planets Jupiter and Saturn.
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