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Its story

6 Canum Venaticorum shines in the Hunting Dogs, a late constellation invented by Hevelius in the 17th century to fill a gap beneath the Great Bear. At 261 light-years, this yellow G-type echoes the Sun but more mature, its light setting out when Europe was beginning to explore electricity. Quiet, modest, drawing no figure —yet there it is, holding the geometry of the sky's mythological hounds.