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Its story
In the modest constellation of Sextans, named after the instrument of the astronomer Hevelius, shines a yellow-white star of warm tones. Its light set out around 1763, while Europe was signing the Treaty of Paris and reorganizing the dominion of the world. Slightly hotter than the Sun, it is an intermediate, serene star that shines with the steadiness of a gentle midday.
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.65
- Distance
- 262.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 146.598° · Dec 1.786°
- Catalogue
- HIP 47960 · HD 84607
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