hip-20161

Its story

Within the small constellation Horologium, this nameless orange star shines from 252 light-years away. Its light set off around 1774, when James Watt was patenting the separate condenser and unleashing the Industrial Revolution. Cooler than the Sun and already somewhat swollen, it is a K-type that has begun growing toward the giant phase. Its warm tone calls to mind the embers of a bonfire seen from far away.