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Set within the Greater Dog, this orange giant releases a light that took 402 years to reach our eyes. It departed as Galileo first turned his telescope skyward and discovered the moons of Jupiter. A class-K sun, older and calmer than ours, already swollen into its maturity, it hangs like a deep ember beneath Sirius —keeper of a grave, warm glow.

Constellation
Canis Major
Apparent magnitude
5.25
Distance
402.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000)
RA 99.448° · Dec -32.340°
Catalogue
HIP 31688 · HD 47536

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