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Its story

In Leo —the mane of the king of beasts— shines a yellow-white F-type star, slightly hotter than the Sun. Its light has been on its way some two hundred thirty-four years: it set out as French revolutionaries were storming the Bastille and the principles of liberty and reason were being proclaimed in squares across half a continent. An Enlightenment light on the flank of the celestial lion, still threading the night.