hip-37345

Variable star

Its story

In the ancient Puppis, the stern of the ship Argo, beats a blue variable star some 1400 light-years away. Its light set out around the year 626, when the Byzantine empire was withstanding the siege of Constantinople and the eastern Christian world was barely holding on. Hot and youthful, its surface ripples with subtle pulses that slowly shake its atmosphere of ionised hydrogen.

Constellation: Puppis
Apparent magnitude: 5.99
Distance: 1400.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 114.992° · Dec -37.579°
Catalogue: HIP 37345 · HD 61925

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