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Its story

68 Ophiuchi is a white A-type star pulsing nearly 293 light-years away, within the vast polygon traced by Ophiuchus, the serpent bearer. Hotter and more luminous than the Sun, it radiates with the bluish purity typical of A stars, while the ecliptic crosses this very sector and the Sun symbolically traverses it each November. Its light departed as the first refracting telescopes were lifted toward the European sky.