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Its story

In Centaurus, the celestial centaur that hosts the closest stars to the Sun, shines a yellow G-type star —a spectral cousin of our own star, yet far more distant: 445 light-years. Its light set out as Flemish Baroque painters worked in their studios and European powers vied over global commerce. It is a faraway Sun, caught between the legs of the mythic rider.