Phi-2

Its story

Phi-2 Ceti is one of the closest stars in this batch: barely 51 light-years separate it from the solar system. A yellow-white type F star, slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it crosses the swath of the Whale, the huge sea creature that Greek charts drew between Andromeda and Eridanus. Its proximity makes it one of those modest-looking systems loaded with potential when astronomers go hunting for temperate planets.