Adhil

Its story

Adhil rests on Andromeda's hip, an orange K-type giant 215 light-years away. Its name comes from the Arabic «Aḍ-Ḍayl», «the tail» or «the train», referring to the fold of the cloak of the princess chained at the feet of the sea monster. The light leaving it travels for more than two centuries before reaching us: the photon visible tonight departed when Mozart was still composing his final symphonies, in the heart of the European Enlightenment.