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Its story

It shines in Hydra, the longest serpent of the firmament, a colossal constellation winding across nearly a quarter of the sky. An orange K-type star, cooler and older than the Sun, with a deep golden glow, its light began its journey some 723 years ago, around the year 1300, when Dante Alighieri was beginning to write «The Divine Comedy» in exile. A warm point along the endless back of the celestial serpent.