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In the Dove that flies beneath Lepus shines an orange K-class star, whose light set out some 614 years ago, when the Chinese shipyards were launching Zheng He's enormous vessels into the Indian Ocean. K stars are cooler than the Sun, golden in tone, common in ancient clusters where their warm shade contrasts with the blue giants.

Constellation
Columba
Apparent magnitude
5.54
Distance
614.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 90.318° · Dec -33.912°
Catalogue
HIP 28524 · HD 41047

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