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Its story

4 Scorpii shines in one of the most imposing constellations of the zodiac, that scorpion whose curved stinger rests on the southern band of the Milky Way. It is a white A-type star some 408 light-years away, hotter and more luminous than the Sun, with the crisp paleness typical of its class. Its light began its journey around 1618, as the Thirty Years' War was erupting across Europe.