Star Names · Entry

Fomalhaut

Arabic

“the mouth of the (southern) fish”

Where it comes from

fam al-hut (فم الحوت), 'mouth of the fish'

Fun Fact

Fomalhaut was one of the first stars where astronomers directly imaged a surrounding debris disk, offering early visual evidence of planet formation around another star.

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