Eta Antliae

Eta Antliae (η Ant, η Antliae) is the Bayer designation for a double star in the southern constellation of Antlia. The brighter component has an apparent visual magnitude of 5.222, making it visible to the naked eye. Parallax measurements of the system yield a distance estimate of 108.5 ly from Earth.

The main component has a stellar classification of F1 V, which indicates that it is an F-type main sequence star. This star has 55% more mass than the Sun. It shines with 6.6 times the Sun's luminosity at an effective temperature of 7,132 K. This heat gives it the yellow-white glow of an F-type star. It has a faint companion located 31 arcseconds away with an apparent magnitude of +11.3. Most likely this pair form a binary star system.