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Hot blue star

Its story

106 Aquarii sends out a hot blue glow from nearly three hundred and seventy-nine light-years away, inside the Water-bearer pouring his jar toward the Southern Fish. Its B-type atmosphere reaches temperatures far above the Sun's and radiates a blue-white tone that marks young, energetic stars. It was classified by catalogue makers who, even then, sought order in the immensity.

Constellation: Aquarius
Apparent magnitude: 5.24
Distance: 378.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 356.050° · Dec -18.277°
Catalogue: HIP 117089 · HD 222847

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