hip-118277

Variable star

Its story

The Sculptor, a quiet constellation of the southern hemisphere, holds this orange variable giant 738 light-years away. Its light set out when Marco Polo was returning to Venice with his tales of Cathay and the Chinese printing press was just beginning to reproduce books. A K-class pulse that crossed the Middle Ages to arrive, still trembling, on this very night.

Constellation: Sculptor
Apparent magnitude: 5.59
Distance: 738.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 359.866° · Dec -29.485°
Catalogue: HIP 118277 · HD 224630

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