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Its story

It burns in Monoceros with the crimson hue of the cool, huge M-type stars, some 1,412 light years away. Its light set out around the 7th century, when the Qur'an was being written and the Visigothic kingdom still reigned over Hispania. An advanced giant, far larger than the Sun yet milder at its surface, where plasma moves with the slowness of a cosmic tide. Its deep red is the serene signature of a star that has already lived much of its story.