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Alpha Fornacis, also known as 12 Eridani, was a star system in the Beta Quadrant. (ENT: "Cold Front")
Components
Stellar system
This was a trinary star system. It was organized into a single star system and a binary star system.
The primary Dalim (the proper name for Alpha Fornacis A) was located in the single star system. This was a F-type dwarf.
Bound by gravity to this system, Alpha Fornacis Ba and Alpha Fornacis Bb were the companions to Dalim and orbited each other in the binary system. They were a G-type dwarf and a white dwarf, respectively.
History
When the Venari Ral laid Omega-47 mines around the core of Federation space in 3196, this system was within the enclosed region. (SA: "300th Night", "Rubincon")
Stellar cartography
The Alpha Fornacis system was visible from Earth in the constellation Fornax. It was approximately 46 light years from Sol.
In the 2150s, this system's position was labeled on an United Earth star chart which was displayed in several crew and guest quarters aboard the Enterprise. (Star Trek: Enterprise, set decoration)
In 3196, this system's position was labeled on a Federation star chart which was displayed on the main viewscreen of the USS Athena bridge. (SA: "Ko'Zeine")
Later that year, In 3196, during the Omega-47 crisis, the location of Alpha Fornacis was depicted on star charts and readouts used across several locations on the USS Athena to locate, monitor, and respond to the Omega-47 mines laid by the Venari Ral. (SA: "Rubincon")