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Cervantes
Mu
Its story
Cervantes bears the name of the author of Don Quixote, assigned by the IAU to this yellow star in Ara after an international public vote. Its planetary system hosts worlds called Quijote, Dulcinea, Rocinante and Sancho. At 51 light-years, it is an astronomically close neighbour, and its golden light arrives after a journey of barely half a century, almost a heartbeat on the cosmic clock.
- Constellation
- Ara
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.12
- Distance
- 50.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 266.036° · Dec -51.834°
- Catalogue
- HIP 86796 · HD 160691
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