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Hot blue star

Its story

Anchored within Cassiopeia shines a hot B-type blue star 516 light-years away. Its light began its journey around 1510, in the heart of the Renaissance, as Leonardo da Vinci was advancing his anatomical studies in Italy. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it holds its bluish glow within one of the oldest constellations in the firmament, drawn as a queen seated upon her throne.

Constellation: Cassiopeia
Apparent magnitude: 5.72
Distance: 516.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 6.277° · Dec 53.047°
Catalogue: HIP 1982 · HD 2054

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