hip-45122

Hot blue star

Its story

Another of the blue stars in the celestial sail, in Vela. Its light has been travelling for 994 years: it set off when Viking kingdoms were exploring the North Atlantic and the first Christian millennium was giving way to the medieval European realms. A B-class star, intensely hot and far more massive than the Sun, it unfolds the clean blue hue typical of young stars.

Constellation: Vela
Apparent magnitude: 5.78
Distance: 994.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 137.889° · Dec -46.584°
Catalogue: HIP 45122 · HD 79275

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