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| Abbreviation: PsA |
| English Name: The Southern Fishes |
| Genitive: Piscis Austrini |
| Hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere (Parts visible from the UK.) |
| Location: Between the constellations of Sculptor and Capricornus. |
| Visible between latitudes: +50 and -90 degrees |
| Best season: Summer |
| Seen in two seasons: Summer, and Autumn |
| Best seen in: August |
| Seen between: July and early September |
| Right Ascension (RA): 22 hour |
| Declination (DEC): -30 degrees |
| Area (square degrees): 245 (60th) |
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Pisces Austrinus (The Southern Fish)
- It’s a small constellation of the southern sky.
o - Fomalhaut traditionally represents the mouth of the fish. Its companion Fomalhaut b was thought to be the first extrasolar planet ever detected by a visible light image, thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, but infrared observations have since retracted this claim: it is instead a spherical cloud of dust.
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Messier Objects in Piscis Austrinus
| No Messier objects in Piscis Austrinus |
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Features of Interest
- NGC 7172, NGC 7174 and NGC 7314 – three galaxies of magnitudes: +11.9, +12.5 and +10.9 respectively.
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Named Stars
- Fomalhaut (Alpha PsA)
- more list of stars in Piscis Austrinus.
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IAU Sky Chart: Piscis Austrinus
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| Andromeda | Aquarius | Aquila | Aries | Auriga | ||
| Boötes | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | ||
| Capricornus | Cassiopeia | Cephus | Coma Berenices | Corona Borealis | ||
| Cygnus | Delphinus | Draco | Equuleus | Gemini | ||
| Hercules | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lynx | ||
| Lyra | Monoceros | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pegasus | ||
| Perseus | Pisces | Sagitta | Serpens | Sextans | ||
| Taurus | Triangulum | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Virgo | ||
| Vulpecula |
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