hip-16518

Hot blue star

Its story

More than 2,200 light-years separate this hot blue star in Perseus from our telescopes. Its light set off when Hannibal was crossing the Alps with elephants and Rome was trembling before Carthage. What is observed tonight is a postcard from the Second Punic War, hurled into space in the heart of classical antiquity.

Constellation: Perseus
Apparent magnitude: 5.91
Distance: 2204.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 53.167° · Dec 35.462°
Catalogue: HIP 16518 · HD 21856

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