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Its story

In the small southern constellation of the Fly, 443 light-years away, shines a white type-A star whose light departed in the heart of the early modern era, when telescopes were only beginning to be refined. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it offers that spectral purity which so fascinated the first classifying astronomers. It is a discreet star, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, yet its blue-white tone emerges crisp the moment any instrument captures it.