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Its story

72 Pegasi hangs from the square of the winged horse with an unmistakable amber glow: a K-type giant whose light crosses some 549 light-years. It set out in the middle of the 15th century, when the workshops of the early Renaissance were reshaping Europe's gaze upon the world. Against the blue blaze of Markab or Algenib, this star offers a warm counterpoint, quiet, almost bronze.