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hip-42147
Its story
In the small celestial Compass of the southern sky shines a white star about 586 light-years away. Its light set out around 1440, when Gutenberg was perfecting the movable-type press and Europe was preparing to multiply knowledge without measure. Hotter than the Sun, it offers a crisp white glow —a sober beacon above the instrument of ancient navigators.
- Constellation
- Pyxis
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 585.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 128.870° · Dec -26.843°
- Catalogue
- HIP 42147 · HD 73072
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