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Its story

At 128 light years in Orion, this yellow G-type star shines at magnitude 5.95. Its light set out around 1898, the days when Marie Curie was isolating polonium and radium in her Paris laboratory. It shares the sky with the brilliant Betelgeuse and Rigel, yet occupies a discreet place among the modest stars of Orion, reminding us that this constellation is not only a stage for giants but also for suns similar to our own.