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Its story

It is a blue B-type flame in Centaurus, carrying the fire that burns only in the hottest stars of the visible sky. Its light took some 365 years to arrive: it set out while Galileo polished his first lenses and Europe still argued whether the Earth spun. Hotter, more massive and far shorter-lived than the Sun. Within the mythic centaur s outline it holds a sober post, sustained by the resolute elegance of its hue.