Phact

Its story

Phact is the main light of Columba, the Dove —a modern constellation created in the 16th century to evoke the bird Noah released after the flood. A hot blue star 261 light-years away, its name comes from the Arabic «al-fākhita», the wood pigeon. It flies low over the southern European horizon, almost always veiled by city glow, shining above a winter sky without trying.