Porrima

Porrima is a yellow-white main-sequence star (spectral type F0V) about 38 light-years away. With an apparent magnitude of 2.73 it is easy to see even from a city.

Two almost identical stars orbiting each other in 169 years.

Its light output is roughly 9.4 times that of the Sun (a rough estimate in visible light, calculated from brightness and distance).

From Germany (52° N) it rises and sets; it is best seen in the evening in March.