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Its story
In the winding river Eridanus flows a yellow-white star a mere 57 light-years away, a cosmic neighbour of Earth. Its light set out around 1969, the year humankind first set foot on the Moon. F-type stars are sisters slightly hotter than the Sun: they burn their hydrogen quickly, yet their atmosphere is mild enough to imagine planets bathed in golden light.
- Constellation
- Eridanus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.52
- Distance
- 56.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 25.622° · Dec -53.741°
- Catalogue
- HIP 7978 · HD 10647
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