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From the Encyclopedia Galactica (Ising University of Antares ed., January 2399) $}

STELLAR CLASS: A3V (Fomalhaut A), K5Vp (Fomalhaut B), M4V (Fomalhaut C)
MASS: 1.92 Solar masses (Fomalhaut A), 0.70 Solar masses (Fomalhaut B), 0.18 Solar masses (Fomalhaut C)
PLANETS: 1 (Fomalhaut A), 2 (Fomalhaut B), 4 (Fomalhaut C)
HABITABLE: 1 (Fomalhaut C-II)
INHABITED: None
NODE CONNECTIONS (2370): None

Fomalhaut, also known as Alpha Piscis Austrini, is a trinary system located 25.1 light-years from Sol in realspace.  Fomalhaut's primary, Fomalhaut A, is one of the brightest stars in Earth's night sky.  Its two companions, Fomalhaut B and C, orbit at a distance of 0.91 light-years and 2.5 light-years, respectively. 

The system has been known since Terran Antiquity under various names.  The Persians knew as the 'royal star' Watcher of the South, the ancient Chinese called it the North Gate of the Military Camp, and Australian aborigines called it the star of the White Cockatoo.  Fomalhaut's formal name, standardized in the early 2000s, is derived from the Arabic name, Fom al-Haut, meaning 'Mouth of the Fish'.

Fomalhaut was first explored by sublight probes.  The Traveler 8 and 9 probes arrived in Fomalhaut in 2355. Traveler 8 found little of interest in Fomalhaut A and B, only uninhabitable worlds with extensive debris disks.  Traveler 9 detected one habitable planet in orbit of Fomalhaut C, but no viable subspace nodes.  With more accessible habitable worlds available, no follow-up mission was conducted.