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Its story

This yellowish-white class F star shines in Puppis from a little more than 180 light-years away. Its light set out around 1844, the year Samuel Morse sent the first telegram and Europe braced itself for the revolutions of 1848. Hotter than the Sun yet less fierce than its blue neighbours, it offers a warm tone without extremes — a temperate lamp riding between two eras of astronomy.