hip-106886

Hot blue star

Its story

Cepheus keeps this hot O-class star at 1,977 light-years—its light departed around the year 49, when Paul of Tarsus was crossing Aegean cities writing letters to nascent communities. A massive blue star, ultraviolet-hungry, it lives in a region rich in gas and dust that will sooner or later return it to the cosmos as a supernova.

Constellation: Cepheus
Apparent magnitude: 5.74
Distance: 1977.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 324.740° · Dec 57.489°
Catalogue: HIP 106886 · HD 206267

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