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Its story

14 Boötis sits 111 light-years away, close in cosmic terms —a yellow-white F-type variable subgiant. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it embodies the delicate point at which a star begins to leave the calm of its adulthood. Boötes, its constellation, is one of the clearest signatures of the northern spring —and among its quieter lights this star offers a yellowish-white glow reminiscent of a flame seen against the light.