Star
A blue-white star and the brightest in Columba, spinning fast enough to throw off a disc of gas.
| Type | Star |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 286 ly |
| Diameter | 8,077,540 km |
| Mass | 8.95 × 10³⁰ kg |
| Temperature | 12,690°C |
| Apparent magnitude | 2.65 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1592 |
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 8,077,540 km across, Phact is 5.8 times the diameter of the Sun.
Its mass is 4.5 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Phact tonight left it around 286 years ago.
Its surface sits at 12,963 K, hotter than the Sun at 5,772 K, which is what sets its colour.
It has been on record since 1592.
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