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Its story

103 Aquarii lies in the eastern reaches of Aquarius, where the Water-Bearer gives way to Pisces and the autumn sky grows quieter. It is an orange giant 757 light-years away, one of those stars that long ago burned through the hydrogen at its core and now swells with the slow pause of stellar maturity. Its discreet glow asks for dark skies and patience —the reward for anyone who learns to read the subtler pages of the firmament.