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Its story

Another orange K-type star shines in Aquarius at about 333 light-years. Its light set out around 1693, when Newton had already published the Principia and Europe was beginning to understand the sky in terms of forces and universal laws. Cooler and more golden than the Sun, it offers that warm glow, almost like a tempered forge, typical of giants that have left their youth behind and move calmly through the final stages of their lives.