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Its story

In Orion, some 822 light-years away, beats this orange giant of type K. Its light set out around 1204, while the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople and the West rearranged its debts with Byzantium. Cooler than the Sun yet far larger, it offers a quiet amber glow among the blue and red flames that dominate the celestial hunter, a reminder that the winter sky keeps warm tones tucked in its corners.