hip-42624

Highly luminous star

Its story

Far away, in the southern constellation of Vela, shines a white star of extraordinary luminosity, outshining the Sun thousands of times over. Its light set out toward us shortly after 1470, while Gutenberg's printing press was still reshaping the world. It belongs to that rare lineage of suns that illuminate immense distances with a calm and steady radiance.

Constellation: Vela
Apparent magnitude: 4.74
Distance: 2548.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 130.305° · Dec -47.317°
Catalogue: HIP 42624 · HD 74272

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