hip-74449

Hot blue star

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Hot blue along the mane of Lupus, this B-type star burns at a temperature the Sun will never reach. Its light has been crossing space for five centuries —it left as Magellan was preparing the expedition that would first circumnavigate the world. While the ships looped around a planet, this photon looped around the void.

Constellation: Lupus
Apparent magnitude: 4.83
Distance: 504.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 228.207° · Dec -44.500°
Catalogue: HIP 74449 · HD 134687

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