hip-54461

Variable star

Its story

It does not live in our galaxy. At 326,200 light-years it belongs to the Large Magellanic Cloud, the dwarf satellite orbiting the Milky Way. Its light set out when the great mammals of the Pleistocene still roamed the plains of Europe. A hot blue variable, young and massive —one of those stars destined to end in a spectacular supernova.

Constellation: Carina
Apparent magnitude: 5.11
Distance: 326200.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 167.142° · Dec -61.947°
Catalogue: HIP 54461 · HD 96919

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