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hip-80793
Its story
In the upper reaches of Ophiuchus, a yellow G-type star —cosmological cousin of the Sun— burns at 298 light-years. Its light left in the years when Newton was still a young newcomer at Cambridge and the Great Plague of London was emptying entire streets of the City.
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.66
- Distance
- 297.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 247.446° · Dec -14.551°
- Catalogue
- HIP 80793 · HD 148604
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