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Its story
In Ophiuchus, far from bright Sagittarius, glows a white type-A star hotter than the Sun. Its light set off 386 years ago: it was crossing space as the Peace of Westphalia was signed in 1648, end of the Thirty Years War and birth of the modern European state. A clear light, hidden among the invisible coils held up by the Serpent Bearer.
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.95
- Distance
- 386.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 269.268° · Dec 0.067°
- Catalogue
- HIP 87875 · HD 163624
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