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Hot blue star

Its story

Sagittarius aims toward the heart of the galaxy, and in its arrow burns this blue-white type B star, scorching beyond most. The light betraying her tonight set out 223 years ago, when Lavoisier was naming oxygen and modern chemistry was being born in Paris. Hot-blue stars like this burn so fast that the word «eternal» loses its meaning beside them.

Constellation: Sagittarius
Apparent magnitude: 5.12
Distance: 223.1 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 277.860° · Dec -18.403°
Catalogue: HIP 90806 · HD 170680

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