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Its story

It glows orange in Canis Major, the Great Dog, around 660 light years away. Its light set out around the 14th century, when the Black Death swept across Europe and the University of Salamanca had already become a beacon of learning. A K-type star, cooler than the Sun and warmly coppery in hue. Its calm radiance is the kind that seems to keep the observer company, without flamboyance, like an old friendship rediscovered far from the noise.