Rho

Its story

Rho Gruis is a solitary orange K0 giant in the southern constellation of the Crane, a bird placed in the sky in 1597 by navigators Keyser and de Houtman. At 230 light-years, her warm tone contrasts with the three brighter stars that trace the crane's neck pointing south. Two very faint visual companions appear in her catalogs, too weak to alter her dominant glow.