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hip-28499
Variable starIts story
36 Aurigae burns far away, about 1,157 light-years within the Charioteer. A hot, powerful B-type star, blue in colour, with a slightly variable brightness —a gentle pulsation revealed only by photometry. When its light first set out for Earth, Europe had barely raised the first mechanical clock worthy of the name.
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.71
- Distance
- 1156.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 90.244° · Dec 47.902°
- Catalogue
- HIP 28499 · HD 40394
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