hip-76618

Hot blue star

Its story

Hot and bluish-white, this B-type star embedded in Norma —a small constellation wedged between Centaurus and Scorpius— shines more in ultraviolet than in visible light. Its 408-year journey began around 1617, the year Kepler published the third law of planetary motion.

Constellation: Norma
Apparent magnitude: 5.43
Distance: 408.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 234.706° · Dec -52.373°
Catalogue: HIP 76618 · HD 139129

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