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hip-34017
Its story
In the lap of the twins Castor and Pollux, in Gemini, pulses this yellow G-type star, almost a copy of the Sun, only 62 light-years away. Its light set out around 1963, when the Berlin Wall was being built and Martin Luther King was delivering his 'I have a dream' speech. It is one of those mild sisters that remind us our Sun is not exceptional. To look at it is to greet a kind neighbour travelling with us through the galactic neighbourhood.
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.93
- Distance
- 62.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 105.877° · Dec 29.337°
- Catalogue
- HIP 34017 · HD 52711
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