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hip-74901
Its story
An orange K-type giant inhabits Serpens 727 light years away. Its light set out when Marco Polo was dictating in a Genoese prison the tale of his travels to Cathay. Cooler than the Sun yet far larger and more luminous, it radiates a measured, golden, almost autumnal gleam typical of stars that have already abandoned their youth.
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.88
- Distance
- 726.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 229.609° · Dec -0.461°
- Catalogue
- HIP 74901 · HD 136028
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