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hip-100738
Its story
Sagittarius points towards the centre of the galaxy and, amid that rain of distant lights, shines a yellow G-class sun 502 light-years away. Its light set off when Magellan was preparing his expedition to circle the planet and Luther was nailing his theses to Wittenberg. A sister of the Sun lost in the direction where the spiral heart of the Milky Way still beats.
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.86
- Distance
- 501.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 306.362° · Dec -28.663°
- Catalogue
- HIP 100738 · HD 194215
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