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Its story

Right in Cygnus, the swan opening its wings across the Milky Way, it shines orange about 405 light years away. Its light set out around 1621, when Galileo was defending his telescopic observations and Cervantes had just marked the golden age of Spanish literature. A K-type star, cooler than the Sun, carrying that warm and serene signature that seems to belong to a late-summer evening. It crosses the galactic river of light with a faithful, almost domestic glow.