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hip-17884

Variable star

Its story

In Camelopardalis burns a red giant whose brightness refuses to stay still: it pulses like a slow breath spanning weeks. Its reddish, ancient light set out nearly eight centuries ago, when Gothic masons were raising the great cathedrals of the Île-de-France. Far larger than the Sun, it stands in the final chapters of its life, shedding thin veils into the surrounding dark.

Constellation
Camelopardalis
Apparent magnitude
4.39
Distance
795.6 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 57.380° · Dec 65.526°
Catalogue
HIP 17884 · HD 23475

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