Star
An orange supergiant marking the nose of the winged horse, prone to sudden flares.
| Type | Star |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 670 ly |
| Diameter | 257,409,000 km |
| Mass | 2.33 × 10³¹ kg |
| Temperature | 4,106°C |
| Apparent magnitude | 2.4 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Northern |
| Discovered | 150 |
Stars spend most of their lives fusing hydrogen into helium in their core, and it's the balance between that outward pressure and gravity pulling inward that fixes how big and how bright a star gets.
At 257,409,000 km across, Enif is 185 times the diameter of the Sun.
Its mass is 12 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Enif tonight left it around 670 years ago.
Its surface sits at 4,379 K, cooler than the Sun at 5,772 K, which is what sets its colour.
It has been on record since the year 150.
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