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Its story

In the swan that crosses the Milky Way, within Cygnus, a blue B-type star burns 1095 light-years away. Its light set out when the Christian kingdoms of northern Iberia were waging battles around the year 1000. Far hotter and more luminous than the Sun, its blue glow pierces the dense band of galactic dust like a beacon cutting through fog. To bathe in its light is to swim among the forgotten centuries of history.