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Its story

On the back of Lupus shines an orange sun, a K-type star larger and cooler than ours whose light set out 792 years ago. When it launched into the void, Gothic cathedrals were raising their flying buttresses at Chartres and Paris, and Arabic astronomy was transmitting its tables to Europe. Its dark golden tone recalls aged copper —a noble metal that has watched centuries pass without losing the sober temperature of its glow.