Phi

Its story

Phi Fornacis lives in the Furnace constellation, a modern outline introduced in the eighteenth century by Lacaille when he charted the southern sky. It is a white A-type star about 152 light-years away, hotter and younger than the Sun. Its discreet presence joins a handful of faint stars in a region of the firmament barely distinguishable to the naked eye, yet keenly studied by modern astronomy.