hip-3083

Highly luminous star

Its story

In Cassiopeia, 2,091 light-years away, shines an orange K-type giant, tens of times more luminous than the Sun. Its light departed when the Roman Empire was at its zenith and Trajan's legions reached their greatest extent. Almost two millennia of travel for a coppery candle hanging from the ever-upturned W of the north.

Constellation: Cassiopeia
Apparent magnitude: 5.45
Distance: 2091.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 9.791° · Dec 49.355°
Catalogue: HIP 3083 · HD 3574

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