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Its story

At 356 light years in Centaurus, this orange K-type star glows at magnitude 5.91. Its light set out around 1670, during the reign of Louis XIV and the golden age of the Royal Society in London. Warm tone, modest brightness and a southern position where the Centaur unfolds its famous clusters: in any deep observation, this star offers the serene, slightly amber signature characteristic of mature K-type bodies.