Phi

Its story

Phi Tauri burns 321 light-years away, an orange K-type giant slipping in among the young blue stars that dominate Taurus. It shares the field of the Hyades only by perspective —in truth it lies far beyond the open cluster, separated from it by hundreds of light-years of cosmic depth. Its warm hue stands in quiet contrast to the youthfulness of the stars that flank it on the sky.