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Cool red star

Its story

8 Leonis Minoris is an M-type red giant 480 light-years away, set inside the modest Little Lion that Hevelius drew between Leo and the Great Bear. Its cool atmosphere tints the light a deep red, almost like a dimmed ember. When that photon set out, Columbus had not yet sailed: the light crossed the entire modern age to reach us.

Constellation: Leo Minor
Apparent magnitude: 5.39
Distance: 479.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 142.885° · Dec 35.103°
Catalogue: HIP 46735 · HD 82198

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