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Its story

A hot blue B-type star in Cygnus, the majestic silhouette crossing the heart of the northern Milky Way. Its light began its journey around the year 1025, during the Song dynasty in China, when the magnetic compass was being invented for maritime navigation. Massive B-type stars like this one are intense blue beacons that pierce even galactic dust, shining like distant lighthouses in the depths of cosmic night.