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Phi-4
Its story
Phi-4 Ceti is one of four stars medieval Arab astronomers grouped under the name Al Nitham, «the string of pearls», a barely perceptible row along the flank of the sea-monster Cetus. A discreet, mature, orange-hued sun, over three hundred light-years away: one of the humble beads on that ancient necklace.
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.62
- Distance
- 319.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 14.683° · Dec -11.380°
- Catalogue
- HIP 4587 · HD 5722
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