hip-39961

Hot blue star

Its story

1,250 light-years: the light of this hot B-class star left Vela when Charlemagne was consolidating his empire over Carolingian Europe and Irish monks were copying gospel books by candlelight. Blue and burning, it belongs to that cohort of bright young stars that populate the nearby galactic arm without requesting a name.

Constellation: Vela
Apparent magnitude: 5.20
Distance: 1249.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 122.400° · Dec -44.123°
Catalogue: HIP 39961 · HD 68217

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