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Its story

In Pegasus shines an orange class K star whose light crossed 1,254.6 years to reach us. It departed around the year 771, while Charlemagne was seizing the kingdom of the Franks and paving the way for the Holy Roman Empire. A star cooler than the Sun yet steady, of ancient amber tone, pinned to the neck of the winged horse that crosses the autumn sky of the northern hemisphere.