Puwuh Atarung, or Iota Piscium. lies very close to at least one other star in the sky, and so was at one time suspected to be binary system, but its apparent companion has since been shownn to be an optical double, merely lying on the same line of sight. There are indications that the star is surrounded by a disc of debris.
Marking the tail of one of Pisces' two fishes, Puwuh Atarung is a dwarfstar, like Earth's own Sun. It is also relatively close, at just 45 light years' distance.
Puwuh Atarung compared to the Sun. Though both stars are dwarfs, Puwuh Atarung is more than 1.5 times the Sun'sdiameter, and more than three times as luminous.
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