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Its story

In the enigmatic Giraffe — a late, faintly luminous constellation — vibrates an orange giant 260 light-years away. Its light set out when the French Encyclopedists, led by Diderot and D'Alembert, were publishing the first volumes of the «Encyclopédie». Cooler than the Sun yet notably larger, its amber tone stains a polar corner of the sky often overlooked by popular star charts.