hip-17846

Variable star

Its story

In Perseus glows a variable white A-type star about 242 light-years away. Its light set out around 1784, when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was triumphing in Vienna and composing piano concertos that still move the world. Its brightness breathes softly, like a lantern swaying far in the night, sustaining a glow hotter than the Sun.

Constellation: Perseus
Apparent magnitude: 5.95
Distance: 242.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 57.284° · Dec 43.963°
Catalogue: HIP 17846 · HD 23728

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