hip-16340

Hot blue star

Its story

Hot, blue, B-type, within the rich star field of Perseus. At 894 light-years —nearly a thousand—, its light left when Saladin was retaking Jerusalem from the Crusaders and the balance of the medieval Mediterranean was shifting for good. Stars like this one shine thousands of times brighter than the Sun.

Constellation: Perseus
Apparent magnitude: 5.82
Distance: 893.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 52.654° · Dec 48.104°
Catalogue: HIP 16340 · HD 21551

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