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Its story

Bearing no popular name, this yellow-white F-type star burns in the keel of the ship Argo, deep in Carina. Its light set out around 401 years ago, when Galileo first turned his spyglass toward the moons of Jupiter and rewrote Earths place in the cosmos. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it holds a quiet balance between blue youth and golden maturity. Faint to the naked eye and far from famous names, it stays steady in its southern corner.