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hip-35998
Its story
On the back of Canis Major shines a yellow-white F-type star about 116 light-years away. Its light set out around 1909, the year Peary and Henson reached —by their account— the North Pole and the radio began to bind continents. Hotter and whiter than the Sun, it vibrates with a clear timbre, almost like a bell, beside the great dog star.
- Constellation
- Canis Major
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.79
- Distance
- 116.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 111.285° · Dec -13.752°
- Catalogue
- HIP 35998 · HD 58461
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