--- name: α Ret constellation: Ret created_by: editor.cs created_date: 2023-11-05 14:50:12.837439 updated_by: editor.cs updated_date: 2023-11-05 14:50:12.837443 --- The brightest star of the constellation has an apparent magnitude of 3.36. It belongs to the spectral class G6 and is faintly yellowish. At an angular distance of 48.5", there is a companion of magnitude 12. It is located 163 light-years away.