hip-36186

Variable star

Its story

In Canis Major —the constellation dominated by Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky— lives this variable F-type luminary, yellow-white and hot. Its light set out around 1725, when Saint Petersburg opened its Academy of Sciences by order of Catherine I. F-type variables oscillate gently, reminding us that no star is truly fixed: everything we call eternal also breathes.

Constellation: Canis Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.60
Distance: 301.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 111.783° · Dec -17.865°
Catalogue: HIP 36186 · HD 58954

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