hip-75257

Highly luminous star

Its story

Orange, luminous, profoundly distant —1942 light-years away— in Boötes, the celestial herdsman. Its light departed around 84 AD, when emperor Domitian ruled Rome and gladiators were inaugurating the newly finished Colosseum. This K giant, far brighter than our Sun, released back then the photon that any human catches tonight.

Constellation: Boötes
Apparent magnitude: 5.56
Distance: 1941.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 230.656° · Dec 39.581°
Catalogue: HIP 75257 · HD 137071

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