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hip-49485
Its story
An orange K-type star rests in Vela, that fragment of the legendary ship Argo unfurled across austral seas. Its light began its journey some 240 years ago, when the French Revolution shook Europe and a new political order was being born. Cooler than the Sun, its coppery glow evokes a sunset frozen in the firmament —a gentle ember suspended in the motionless sail of the sky.
- Constellation
- Vela
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.06
- Distance
- 240.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 151.547° · Dec -47.370°
- Catalogue
- HIP 49485 · HD 87783
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