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Its story

In Boötes, watcher of the north, a white A-type star shines about 215 light-years away. Its light departed around 1811, when a long-tailed comet crossed the European skies and Regency England was inspiring Jane Austen. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, it keeps the cool radiance of young white stars that have only just begun to count their time.