--- name: α Ret constellation: Ret created_by: 8mag created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00 updated_by: skybber updated_date: 2022-04-08 14:45:11.805870 --- the brightest star in the constellation with an apparent brightness of 3.36mag. It belongs to spectral class G6 and is faintly yellowish. At an angular distance of 48.5" is a 12mag companion. It is 163 light years away.