hip-39970

Variable star

Its story

In Vela, legacy of the old ship Argo, a variable blue B-type star throbs about 1106 light-years away. Its light was born around the year 920, when the caliphs of Córdoba patronised Andalusi astronomers and al-Andalus measured the heavens. Its bluish hue betrays a temperature far above the Sun's —the concentrated fire of young stars—.

Constellation: Vela
Apparent magnitude: 5.23
Distance: 1105.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 122.430° · Dec -47.937°
Catalogue: HIP 39970 · HD 68324

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