hip-57443

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Its story

Just 30 light-years away in southern Centaurus, this yellow star could pass for a sister of the Sun. Its light set off around 1996, as the first Kyoto protocol was being signed, and reaches us today untouched. A solar-type G, slightly cooler and older, it is one of those quiet neighbours astronomers watch for temperate worlds. A domestic beacon in the nearby vastness.

Constellation: Centaurus
Apparent magnitude: 4.89
Distance: 30.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 176.631° · Dec -40.500°
Catalogue: HIP 57443 · HD 102365

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