Generalities: it is a southern constellation, containing a star of first magnitude. It transits at midnight in September.
 
Origin e mythology: this constellation was already indroduced by ancient, but it is not associated with any mythological circumstances.

Stars: the Southern Fish contains a bright star, called Formalhaut, of magnitude 1.16, the 17th star in the whole sky. Its color is white and the distance is 23 light-years. Other stars in the Southern Fish are all faint.

Table of stars brighter than magnitude 3.5
 

Star	Proper name	Magnitude	Spectrum	Colour	Distance (light-years)	Notes
Alpha	Formalhaut	1.16	A3	white	23

Other objects: in this constellation, there are only some faint galaxies.

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