hip-84183

Its story

A yellow-white F-type star shines in Draco, the circumpolar dragon, at about 140 light-years. Its light set out around 1885, while the first motor cars were beginning to circulate and electricity was reaching the great European cities. Hotter and brighter than the Sun, it offers that almost ivory tone of stars somewhat more energetic than our own, suspended near the northern celestial pole.