Nu

Hot blue star

Its story

Nu Doradus is a hot blue-white B-type star about three hundred light-years away, set in a constellation whose outline shelters the Large Magellanic Cloud. That satellite galaxy of the Milky Way is one of the southern sky's most memorable sights, and Nu lies near its diffuse glow —where the eye finds at once a neighbouring star and an entire galaxy.

Constellation: Dorado
Apparent magnitude: 5.06
Distance: 299.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 92.185° · Dec -68.843°
Catalogue: HIP 29134 · HD 43107

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