hip-54767

Its story

In majestic Carina, a blue star shines at 313 light-years. Its light began its journey around 1713, when the Treaty of Utrecht was redrawing the European map and Philip V was settling on the Spanish throne. Class B, its surface far exceeds the Sun's temperatures and emits much of its radiation in the ultraviolet. To the naked eye it looks like a faint speck, yet it is a star considerably hotter and more luminous than our own.