Alnair

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Hot blue star

Its story

Alnair, «the bright one» in Arabic, quietly presides over the southern constellation of Grus, the Crane. It is a blue sun 101 light-years away, young and vigorous, many times hotter than our own. When this light set out, the first recorded jazz note had not yet been played in America; now it reaches eyes that have already seen Saturn's rings from within.

Constellation: Grus
Apparent magnitude: 1.73
Distance: 101.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 332.058° · Dec -46.961°
Catalogue: HIP 109268 · HD 209952

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