Fuyue

Its story

Fuyue is an orange giant belonging to Scorpius, though its name owes nothing to Western tradition: it was inherited from classical Chinese astronomy, honouring Fu Yue, a legendary sage whom mythology raised to the heavens after his death. At 126 light-years, its coppery glow reaches us from a relatively recent past, carrying the quiet weight of a memory unlike the Greco-Latin one.