Nu-2

Its story

Nu-2 Sagittarii rests on the bow of the Archer, about 274 light-years away, in a region of the sky where the Milky Way thickens into gold toward the centre of the galaxy. It is an orange K-type giant, a colour cousin of Arcturus though far more distant. Its warm light stands out among the stellar mists of Sagittarius, a constellation Mesopotamian peoples already identified more than three thousand years ago as a hunter aiming at the very heart of our galaxy — without knowing they were right.