hip-117722

Its story

In Aquarius, the water-bearer, an orange K-type star pulses at about 282 light-years. Its light set out around 1744, when Bach was still composing and the European Enlightenment was ordering knowledge into monumental encyclopedias. Cooler than the Sun and warmer in tone, it already belongs to the lineage of somewhat evolved stars, with a deep golden glow reminiscent of the tempered fire of a long, calm candle.