Piscis Austrinus The Southern Fish
This
constellation has been known since ancient times and is often
represented as a fish drinking the flow of water from the urn of the
neighbouring Aquarius the water bearer. The fish has been identified
with the Babylonian fish god Oannes and is said to be the parent of
the zodiacal fish Pisces.
Alpha
or Fomalhaut which means the fishes mouth is the most southerly of
the 1st
magnitude stars from that can be seen from Britain, it is seen autumn
can can be found by using the two right hand stars of the square of
Pegasus. Fomalhaut is of magnitude 1.2 and is an A3 star with a
temperature of 8,000’C and lies at a distance of 25 light years.
Beta
magnitude 4.3 is an A1 star 143 light years away with a temperature
of 9,300’C..
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