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hip-16780
Its story
Along the long course of Eridanus, the celestial river winding southward, shines a yellow G-type star at 378 light-years. It is a cousin in colour and temper to our Sun, though its light set out when the Dutch were signing the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 and modern Europe was being born. Looking at it is glimpsing another sun in nearly the same tone as ours.
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.56
- Distance
- 378.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 53.990° · Dec -11.194°
- Catalogue
- HIP 16780 · HD 22409
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