Zet-1

Its story

Zeta-1 Antliae is a white star at 406 light-years, inside a modern southern constellation that quietly honours the eighteenth-century air pump of laboratory science. Its A-type spectrum betrays a hot, young star, shining in a region of the sky little frequented by classical myth or ancient narrative. No heroes here, no gods: only a scientific instrument turned constellation, and within it, a small steady white flame.