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Phi Fornacis

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Magnitude
  
5.13

Constellation
  
Fornax

Similar
  
UDF 2457, LP 944‑20, HIP 13044, Alpha Fornacis, NGC 1097

Phi Fornacis (φ For) is a class A2.5V (white main-sequence) star in the constellation Fornax. Its apparent magnitude is 5.13 and it is approximately 152.0 light years away based on parallax. It shines with a luminosity approximately 16 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 8900 K. It is around 1.6 times as massive as the Sun and there is evidence of a circumstellar disk.

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Phi Fornacis Wikipedia