Iot

Its story

Iota Reticuli is a solitary orange K4 III giant 319 light-years away, its envelope swollen to twenty-four solar radii. Its path through space tells a story: 883,000 years ago it came as close as 212 light-years to the Solar System, and is now receding at 61 km/s. An old traveller that was once nearer to us and is taking its slow leave through the small southern Reticle.