Fornax

Fornax (For, chemical furnace) is a constellation in the southern sky. It was named by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756. Fornax is one of the 88 modern constellations.

De Lacaille originally called the constellation "Fornax Chemica" (the chemical furnace), representing a small solid fuel vessel used for heating chemical experiments.

Alpha Fornacis (α Fornacis, α For) is a binary star that can be resolved by small amateur telescopes. The primary is a yellow-tinged main-sequence star of magnitude 3.9 and the secondary is a yellow star of magnitude 6.5; the secondary may actually be a variable star. It has a period of 300 years and is 46 light-years from Earth. Beta Fornacis (Beta For, β Fornacis, β For) is a yellow-hued giant star of magnitude 4.5, 169 light-years from Earth.

Bordering constellations
Cetus | Sculptor | Phoenix | Eridanus
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