Constellation Piscis Austrinus (Southern Fish)

Properties

Piscis Austrinus is located south of Aquarius. The most striking feature is the bright star formal skin, otherwise it does not have a particularly distinctive shape. A zigzag line of stars flows from the jug of Aquarius in the direction of the formal skin. The area of the constellation is 245 degrees and the center culminates around midnight on August 25th. ^{[9, 15]}

Stars with Proper Names ^[154]
α PsA	Fomalhaut, Os Piscis Meridiani, Os Piscis Notii, Difda Al Auwel, The "First Frog

Data for constellation Piscis Austrinus ^[150]
IAU Name	Piscis Austrinus
IAU Genitive	Piscis Austrini
IAU Abbr.	PsA
English Name	Southern Fish
Opposition	24 August
Season (47° N)	July … October
Right Ascension	21^h 27^m 14^s … 23^h 06^m 55^s
Declination	-36° 27' 33" … -24° 49' 30"
Area	245 deg²
Neighbours (N↻)	Aqr, Cap, Mic, Gru, Scl

Catalogues

Mythology and History

The old constellation, sometimes also called Piscis Australis or Pisces Australis, was often depicted as a fish standing on the water stream of the neighboring Aquarius refreshes - actually strange, since fish don't drink water. The southern fish belongs together with Aquarius, Capricornus and Cetus on the constellations associated with water. He is associated with the Babylonian fish god Oannes and is considered the ancestor of the ecliptic fish. In ancient Greece and Rome, the cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis spread. The name is related to the legend according to which the goddess was saved from drowning by a fish. ^{[7, 21, 64]}