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Its story

The serpent Hydra is the longest constellation of the sky, and among its scales hides this orange K-class star. At 1190 light-years away, its light set out when the Vikings were sailing the Atlantic towards the coasts of Vinland and Al-Andalus was living the splendour of the Caliphate of Córdoba. A warm flicker coiled into the endless snake that crawls across the southern nights.