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Its story

In the vast southern constellation Centaurus breathes an orange K-type giant, a variable star whose brightness drifts slowly, like a cosmic respiration. Its light set out about 703 years ago, when Europe was drafting its first communal statutes and the Hanseatic League was weaving its trading routes across the Baltic. It arrives now with a measured pulse, the visible echo of a serene stellar old age.