http://www.alastairmayer.org/wiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Beta_HydriBeta Hydri - Revision history2026-07-03T04:37:02ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.9http://www.alastairmayer.org/wiki/index.php?title=Beta_Hydri&diff=373&oldid=prevXuoz5k: Added 'Fictional' section from private wiki ("Raven's Rift" story)2020-08-26T16:58:04Z<p>Added 'Fictional' section from private wiki ("Raven's Rift" story)</p>
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== Beta Hydri ==<br />
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24.4 light years from Sol, this G2 star is considered a subgiant (category IV), at 1.1 solar masses. From Earth, it is the nearest conspicuous star to the South Pole, although at 12 degrees away it is hardly a pole star. It is about 6.7 billion years old, and probably started out as an F-type star, now evolving off the main sequence (as our own sun will do in a few billion years). Any planet which might have developed life early in the star's history will likely be too hot now for it to survive, but a cooler planet (like Mars, say) could be comfortable now, so not out of the question for 65-million-year-old terraformers.<br />
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=== Nearby Stars ===<br />
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Interesting stars within 10 ly include the following:<br />
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Star Type Dist. ly<br />
[[Zeta Tucanae]] F8-G0 V 6.7<br />
[[Delta Pavonis]] G5-8 V-IV 9.3<br />
[[p Eridani]] AB K0-2 V/K3-5 V 10.0</div>Alastair