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Its story

Within Camelopardalis, an A-type white star throbs with a faintly shifting glow. Its light set off 109 years ago, as Europe was sliding into the First World War, and crosses the night with the calm patience of modest variable stars. Hotter and more massive than the Sun, it embodies a vibration almost imperceptible —a slow white pulse— that only sensitive telescopes manage to read.