Ancha

Its story

Ancha is a yellow G-class giant in Aquarius, similar in temperature to the Sun but far more evolved and luminous. Her name, from archaic Italian, means 'the hip', a point on the celestial water-bearer's body who pours water onto the Southern Fish. Her light, departed 187 years ago, set out when scientists were still debating whether the Milky Way was one galaxy among many or the whole universe.