hip-104680

Its story

In the Microscope, Microscopium, shines a yellow-white type-F star 103 light-years away. Its light set out in the early twentieth century, when Einstein published his special theory of relativity and rewrote the notions of time and space. Slightly hotter than the Sun, its pearly tone embodies F stars in full maturity —a subtle glow beneath the eye of the celestial lens.