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Hot blue star

Its story

In Vela —the third fragment of the ancient celestial ship Argo— this hot blue B-type star shines. Its light began its journey around 1500, when Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on the coast of what is today Brazil. B-type stars release intense ultraviolet radiation; what we perceive as visible light is only a fraction of the energy torrent that these bodies pour into space.

Constellation: Vela
Apparent magnitude: 5.85
Distance: 526.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 138.534° · Dec -44.146°
Catalogue: HIP 45314 · HD 79694

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