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[[Image:000.480px-Xlarge web.jpg|thumb|right|Comparison between the Fomalhaut system and our solar system.]]
'''Fomalhaut''', also known as '''Alpha Piscis Austini''', is the 18th brightest star in the sky with an apparent magnitude of 1.16. Fomalhaut is also the brightest star in the constellation [[Piscis Austrinus]]. The name of the star itself is derived from the Arabic phrase فم الحوت ''fum al-ḥawt'', meaning "mouth of the whale". In Latin the name translates as ''ōs piscis merīdiāni'', ''ōs piscis merīdionālis'', or ''ōs piscis noti''. meaning "the mouth of the southern fish" (the constellation itself meaning "Southern Fish").
'''Fomalhaut''', also known as '''Alpha Piscis Austini''', is the 18th brightest star in the sky with an apparent magnitude of 1.16. Fomalhaut is also the brightest star in the constellation [[Piscis Austrinus]]. The name of the star itself is derived from the Arabic phrase فم الحوت ''fum al-ḥawt'', meaning "mouth of the whale". In Latin the name translates as ''ōs piscis merīdiāni'', ''ōs piscis merīdionālis'', or ''ōs piscis noti''. meaning "the mouth of the southern fish" (the constellation itself meaning "Southern Fish").