hip-89290

Variable star

Its story

A blue variable in Corona Australis, the discreet southern crown. Its B class keeps it hot, young and nervous: its brightness shifts like a hesitant heart. The light entering the pupil tonight set out 1165 years ago, when Charlemagne had just died and the Carolingian empire was beginning to splinter. A restless jewel set into a southern crown.

Constellation: Corona Australis
Apparent magnitude: 5.47
Distance: 1165.0 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 273.303° · Dec -41.336°
Catalogue: HIP 89290 · HD 166596

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