hip-35795

Variable star

Its story

A blue, pulsating star in Canis Major, Orion's faithful hound. Its light crossed 1326 years before reaching us: it travelled while Charlemagne was crowned emperor in Rome and illuminated manuscripts began to shine in European scriptoria. A variable B-class star, its brightness modulates with a heartbeat of its own, reminding us that stars too breathe in their own way.

Constellation: Canis Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.40
Distance: 1326.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 110.753° · Dec -31.924°
Catalogue: HIP 35795 · HD 58155

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