Star
An orange giant and the brightest star in Cancer, orbited by a confirmed giant planet.
| Type | Star |
|---|---|
| Distance from Earth | 323 ly |
| Diameter | 65,734,500 km |
| Mass | 3.38 × 10³⁰ kg |
| Temperature | 3,819°C |
| Apparent magnitude | 3.53 |
| 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 65,734,500 km across, Tarf is 47 times the diameter of the Sun.
Its mass is 1.7 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Tarf tonight left it around 323 years ago.
Its surface sits at 4,092 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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