hip-32385

Its story

At 1896 light-years, in Canis Major, pulses a blue variable whose light set out around the first century, when Rome was reaching its peak under Augustus and Greek bards still sang the Homeric sky. It belongs to the scorching, young class B, and its brightness oscillates in subtle patterns that betray a restless atmosphere. It accompanies Orion's celestial dog through the southern winter.