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hip-86575
Its story
Within Ophiuchus the serpent-bearer glows a yellow G-type star 1129 light years away. Its light set out when Alfred the Great was resisting the Viking invasions in 9th-century England. It belongs to the same spectral family as the Sun, yet its great distance and luminosity suggest a yellow giant far superior in size and brightness.
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.97
- Distance
- 1128.7 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 265.385° · Dec 6.313°
- Catalogue
- HIP 86575 · HD 160781
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