Fomalhaut
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Fomalhaut is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, and one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Piscis Austrin
Fomalhaut is the brightest star in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus (center).
DSS image of Fomalhaut, field of view 2.7×2.9 degrees. Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
Dust ring around Fomalhaut from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)
This image shows the discovery features in the debris disk of Fomalhaut from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as well as overlays of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
Fomalhaut b
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Fomalhaut b, formally named Dagon, is an expanding dust cloud and former candidate planet observed near the A-type main-sequence star Fomalhaut, approximately 25 light-years away in the constellation
Comparison between the Solar System and the system around Fomalhaut
Fomalhaut b as observed from 2004 to 2006 (discovery image)
Fomalhaut b as observed from 2004 to 2012
Artistic rendition of Fomalhaut b as a planet revolving around its parent star, a model which has now been disproven