hip-33357

Its story

A red ember of type M, hanging in Puppis some 861 light years away. Its light set out around the 12th century, when Gothic cathedrals were beginning to rise across Europe and the University of Bologna was already teaching its first students. Cooler than the Sun and almost crimson in tone, it inhabits an advanced stage in which its atmosphere has swollen and reddened. A slow, deep flame burning with the calm of very ancient things.