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Its story

In Boötes, the herdsman who drives the northern constellations, a white A-type star shines 221 light-years away. Its light set out when Goya was painting the disasters and European nations were shaken by the Napoleonic wars. Hotter than the Sun, it radiates a clean white that stands out on spring nights. A silent companion to Arcturus, it waits far off in the same corner of the sky, never seeking the spotlight.