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Its story

In the southern and discreet Sculptor, far from the bustle of the Milky Way, glows this orange K-type star. Its light set out around 497 years ago, near 1529, when Juan Sebastián Elcano completed the first voyage around the world and proved the planets roundness. Cooler than the Sun yet swollen by time, it offers a warm orange typical of stars that have traveled most of their lives. Its surroundings form a relative gap in the sky, nearly empty of bright stars, where it stands out clearly.