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Hot blue star

Its story

This blue light left Canis Major around the year 442, when Attila's Huns were threatening Constantinople and the Western Roman Empire was crumbling. It is a B-type star, blazing and bluish-white, far hotter than the Sun. Canis Major —home of Sirius— was always the faithful hound of Orion, barking against winter from the southern horizon.

Constellation: Canis Major
Apparent magnitude: 5.79
Distance: 1583.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 111.965° · Dec -11.557°
Catalogue: HIP 36251 · HD 59067

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