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Its story

In Cepheus, the old Ethiopian king condemned to wheel forever around the northern pole, shines an orange K-type star. Its light set out some 413 years ago, while Cervantes was shaping the adventures of Don Quixote and the printing press multiplied ideas across Europe. Cooler and older than the Sun, it offers a serene flame —a copper crown suspended over the circumpolar mists.