hip-14143

Hot blue star

Its story

93 Ceti sends out a hot blue glow from five hundred and fifty light-years away, in the vast Whale that stretches across the southern winter sky. Its B type signals a very hot, energetic atmosphere, typical of young, massive stars. Cetus also harbours Mira, the first variable whose name means precisely the wonderful: the sea monster holds more marvels than it lets on.

Constellation: Cetus
Apparent magnitude: 5.62
Distance: 550.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 45.594° · Dec 4.353°
Catalogue: HIP 14143 · HD 18883

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