hip-36362

Hot blue star

Its story

In Puppis, ancient hull of the ship Argo, a blue B-type star burns at about 1070 light-years. Its light set out around the year 956, in the heart of the Caliphate of Cordoba, when al-Andalus held libraries and observatories among the most advanced of its time. Far hotter and brighter than the Sun, it unfolds an intense bluish-white glow that crosses the ocean of space without losing its electric character.

Constellation: Puppis
Apparent magnitude: 5.78
Distance: 1069.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 112.270° · Dec -31.456°
Catalogue: HIP 36362 · HD 59550

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