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A blue-white B-type ember cuts across Vela with the heat of the hottest stars. Its 830 light-years reach back to the sack of Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade: the light arriving tonight set out as Byzantium fell into Latin hands. So scorching it would burn through any close mythology, it glimmers at magnitude 5.12, hovering at the edge of unaided sight.

Constellation: Vela
Apparent magnitude: 5.12
Distance: 830.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 143.436° · Dec -49.005°
Catalogue: HIP 46914 · HD 82984

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