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Its story
Aquarius, the zodiacal water-bearer, hides this orange K-type star, cool on the stellar scale but blazing next to any earthly fire. At 267 light-years, its light departed around 1759, the year Halley’s comet returned on cue and validated Newton’s predictions. The magnitude 5.66 reaching us tonight is a contemporary of that triumph of celestial mechanics.
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.66
- Distance
- 267.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 354.415° · Dec -13.060°
- Catalogue
- HIP 116591 · HD 222093
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