Tabit

Its story

Tabit belongs to the «shield» of Orion, the small stars the celestial hunter holds up against the charging bull. A yellow-white F-class star, slightly hotter and brighter than our Sun, it lies just 26 light-years away. That nearness makes it an intimate neighbour by galactic standards: its light, departed barely a little over a quarter of a century ago, has crossed a tiny stretch of the cosmos before reaching the eye.