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Hot blue star

Its story

In the small constellation of Norma, a carpenter's square traced in the southern sky, shines a hot blue star. Its light set out around 1717, when Handel was premiering his Water Music on the Thames before King George I. Far more massive than the Sun, its blazing surface radiates an intense bluish white, characteristic of stars that burn quickly and very brightly.

Constellation: Norma
Apparent magnitude: 5.78
Distance: 308.3 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 237.530° · Dec -53.210°
Catalogue: HIP 77562 · HD 141168

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