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Its story

58 Ophiuchi is an F-type star only 57.6 light-years away, among the nearest in its constellation. Hotter and whiter than the Sun, its light set out around 1968, during the height of the space race. Ophiuchus —the serpent-bearer— is an immense figure coiled across the celestial equator, and this star, faint to the unaided eye, sits in one of its quieter, darker reaches.