Fomalhaut has had various names ascribed to it through time, and has been recognized by many cultures of the northern hemisphere, including the Arabs, Persians, and Chinese.
It marked the solstice in 2500 BC.
It was also a marker for the worship of Demeter in Eleusis.

It was called Hastorang by the Persians, one of the four "royal stars".

The Latin names are ōs piscis merīdiāni, ōs piscis merīdionālis, ōs piscis notii "the mouth of the Southern Fish".

A folk name among the early Arabs was Difdi‘ al Awwal (الضفدع الأول al-ḍifdiʿ al-awwal) “the first frog” (the second frog is Beta Ceti).

The Chinese name 北落師門/北落师门 (Mandarin: Běiluòshīmén), meaning North Gate of the Military Camp, because this star is marking itself and stands alone in North Gate of the Military Camp asterism, Encampment mansion (see: Chinese constellation).
北落师门 (Běiluòshīmén), westernized into Pi Lo Sze Mun in R.H. Allen's work.

To the Moporr Aboriginal people of South Australia, it is a masculine being called Buunjill.
The Wardaman people of the Northern Territory called Fomalhaut Menggen —white cockatoo.

Fomalhaut/Earthwork B, in Mounds State Park near Anderson, Indiana, lines up with the rising of the star Fomalhaut in the fall months, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
 In 1980, astronomer Jack Robinson proposed that the rising azimuth of Fomalhaut was marked by cairn placements at both the Bighorn and Moose Mountain Medicine Wheels in Wyoming, USA and Saskatchewan, Canada, respectively.

The New Scientist magazine termed it the "Great Eye of Sauron", due to its shape and debris ring, when viewed from a distance, bearing similarity to the aforementioned "Eye" in the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings films.

USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) was a United States navy amphibious cargo ship.

Fomalhaut is also the setting for numerous works of fiction and games.
Fomalhaut has had various names ascribed to it through time, and has been recognized by many cultures of the northern hemisphere, including the Arabs, Persians, and Chinese. It marked the solstice in 2500 BC. It was also a marker for the worship of Demeter in Eleusis.
It was called Hastorang by the Persians, one of the four "royal stars".
The Latin names are ōs piscis merīdiāni, ōs piscis merīdionālis, ōs piscis notii "the mouth of the Southern Fish".
A folk name among the early Arabs was Difdi‘ al Awwal (الضفدع الأول al-ḍifdiʿ al-awwal) “the first frog” (the second frog is Beta Ceti).
The Chinese name 北落師門/北落师门 (Mandarin: Běiluòshīmén), meaning North Gate of the Military Camp, because this star is marking itself and stands alone in North Gate of the Military Camp asterism, Encampment mansion (see: Chinese constellation). 北落师门 (Běiluòshīmén), westernized into Pi Lo Sze Mun in R.H. Allen's work.
To the Moporr Aboriginal people of South Australia, it is a masculine being called Buunjill. The Wardaman people of the Northern Territory called Fomalhaut Menggen —white cockatoo.
Fomalhaut/Earthwork B, in Mounds State Park near Anderson, Indiana, lines up with the rising of the star Fomalhaut in the fall months, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.  In 1980, astronomer Jack Robinson proposed that the rising azimuth of Fomalhaut was marked by cairn placements at both the Bighorn and Moose Mountain Medicine Wheels in Wyoming, USA and Saskatchewan, Canada, respectively.
The New Scientist magazine termed it the "Great Eye of Sauron", due to its shape and debris ring, when viewed from a distance, bearing similarity to the aforementioned "Eye" in the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings films.
USS Fomalhaut (AK-22) was a United States navy amphibious cargo ship.
Fomalhaut is also the setting for numerous works of fiction and games.
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