U Antliae

U Antliae (U Ant) is a star in the constellation Antlia.

U Antliae is a red C-type carbon star and is an irregular variable star that varies between magnitudes 5.27 and 6.04. Approximately 900 light years from Earth, it shines with a luminosity approximately 8,000 times that of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 2,800 K. It is surrounded by two shells of dust, thought to have been ejected 14,000 and 10,000 years ago.