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Zhang
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Its story
Zhang is a yellow giant in the body of Hydra, with a name inherited from Chinese astronomy: «Zhang» designated one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions through which the Moon traced its monthly cycle. At 264 light-years, its golden light reaches us from a century in which the Jesuit astronomers in Beijing were slowly introducing Western astronomy into the imperial court.
- Constellation
- Hydra
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.11
- Distance
- 263.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 147.870° · Dec -14.847°
- Catalogue
- HIP 48356 · HD 85444
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