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Angetenar
Tau-2
Its story
Angetenar is a K-class orange giant in Eridanus, the long celestial river meandering southward from Orion. Her name derives from the Arabic «al-nahr al-tāʾir», 'the bend of the river', a literal nod to celestial geography. At 187 light-years, her light departed when Napoleon was proclaiming himself emperor in Paris: a human distance measured in stories.
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.76
- Distance
- 186.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 42.760° · Dec -21.004°
- Catalogue
- HIP 13288 · HD 17824
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