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Its story

59 Arietis is a yellow, Sun-type star in Aries, the zodiac's Ram that opens the classical astrological cycle at the spring equinox. At 219 light-years away, it offers the same warm, calm light as the Sun but projected to an unreachable distance. Its glow has travelled through space for over two centuries and left the photosphere, almost on cue, just as Mozart was premiering his final operas in Vienna.