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Alpha Fornacis (α Fornacis α For) is the brightest star in the constellation Fornax. It is the only star brighter than magnitude 4.0 in the constellation. It has the proper names Dalim (in Piazzi’s Palermo Catalogue) and Fornacis (in Burritt’s Atlas). This star was formally identical with 12 Eridani.The stellar classification of Alpha Fornacis is F8IV where the luminosity class IV indicates this is a subgiant star that has just evolved off the main sequence.
