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Fomalhaut

A bright star with a debris disk.

Fomalhaut is the brightest star in Piscis Austrinus, an A-type main-sequence star about 25 light-years away. It is surrounded by a disk of debris.

The object once imaged as its planet, Fomalhaut b, now appears to be an expanding cloud of debris from a collision.

Quick Facts

Type: Main-sequence star
Constellation: Piscis Austrinus
Distance: ~25 light-years

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