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Its story

In Centaurus, this hot blue B-type star shines from almost a thousand light-years away. Its light began the journey around the year 1125, when Peter Abelard was teaching theology in Paris and opening the first doors to what would become the medieval European university. Massive B-type stars often appear alongside young open clusters; finding them in the sky pinpoints the regions where the galaxy still forges new stars.