Fomalhaut

Fomalhaut, also known as Alpha Piscis Australis, was a star system in the Alpha Quadrant. This was one of the brightest stars in Earth's night sky.

Components

Stellar system

This was a trinary star system. It was organized into a single star system and a binary star system.

The primary Fomalhaut (the proper name for Fomalhaut A) was an A-type dwarf in the binary system. This star's companion TW Piscis Austrini (otherwise known as Fomalhaut B) was a K-type dwarf.

In close association to this system, there was the companion Fomalhaut C was a red dwarf which was the center star of a single star system.

Stellar cartography

The Fomalhaut system was visible from Earth in the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It was the brightest star in its constellation and was approximately 25 light years from Sol.

In the 2150s, this system's position was labeled on an United Earth star chart which was displayed in several crew and guest quarters aboard the Enterprise. (Star Trek: Enterprise, set decoration))

This star system was only mentioned in writing.
Information on this system was derived from the reference works Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library and real-world sources. The reference works were used extensively in the creation of star charts seen in Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Prodigy, and Star Trek: Lower Decks. The real-world information added to the article was current as of 2025.
The star chart seen in the series Star Trek: Enterprise made its first appearance in Crewman Daniels quarters in "Cold Front". It was also seen in several other episodes of the series, from 2151 to 2154. (For more information, see Federation star charts#United Earth Alpha/Beta star chart)

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