Ups

Its story

Upsilon Octantis lies 324 light-years away in the cartographic heart of the southern polar sky. The Octant, devised by Lacaille, is the constellation that holds the south celestial pole, and all its stars share the rare property of never setting below the horizon for an observer at very southern latitudes. This orange K-type giant is one of the warm points in a region ruled by faint stars and the slow turning of the firmament around the pole.