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Asellus Borealis
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Its story
Asellus Borealis, 'the northern donkey', and its southern counterpart flank the Beehive cluster in Cancer, forming with it one of the oldest figurative pairings recognised by both Greeks and Romans. The Latin tradition identified them with the two donkeys ridden by Dionysus and Silenus in the war between the gods and the Titans. It is a white A-type star about 181 light-years away — its light set out around 1845, in the heart of the European Industrial Revolution.
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.66
- Distance
- 181.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 130.821° · Dec 21.469°
- Catalogue
- HIP 42806 · HD 74198
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