hip-19799

Hot blue star

Its story

Beyond the famous Hyades, Taurus harbors this blue-white B-type star, a stellar furnace 391 light-years away. Its light departed around 1635, while Descartes was finishing in Holland the manuscript that would appear as Discourse on the Method. Its surface reaches temperatures that make the Sun feel tepid, and its 5.22 brightness pins a sharp, cold point onto the Bull’s expanse.

Constellation: Taurus
Apparent magnitude: 5.22
Distance: 391.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 63.651° · Dec 10.011°
Catalogue: HIP 19799 · HD 26793

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