hip-16846

Variable star

Its story

A Sun-like yellow variable lost among the bulls of Taurus, around 100 light-years away. The light trembling tonight on the detectors left around the time of the First World War, when nobody yet spoke of antibiotics and radio was a household novelty. A recent heartbeat, in cosmic terms.

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.82
Distance: 100.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 54.197° · Dec 0.588°
Catalogue: HIP 16846 · HD 22468

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