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Cool red star

Its story

Red and cool inside the celestial firebird, Phoenix, this M giant has been sending its light for 543 years. The photon entering the atmosphere tonight left when Christopher Columbus had not yet sailed, and Europe still believed the Atlantic had no far shore. It arrives after half a millennium of silent travel.

Constellation: Phoenix
Apparent magnitude: 5.53
Distance: 542.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 0.334° · Dec -50.337°
Catalogue: HIP 107 · HD 224865

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