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Its story

In Hercules it shines with the warm orange tone of class K stars, cooler than the Sun and with a light that recalls polished amber. Its glow crossed 207 years before being seen: when it set out, the revolutions of 1820 were breaking out across Europe and the nascent Romantic literature was seeking inspiration among ruins and starry nights. It is a calm, steady star, offering that golden light typical of the cosmos's mature suns.