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Hot blue star

Its story

In Sagittarius, the archer aiming at the heart of the Milky Way, shines a blue giant of fierce light. Its glow began its journey 636 years ago, when the battle of Aljubarrota was being fought and the Western Schism was splitting Christendom between rival popes. Far hotter than the Sun, its sapphire colour places it among the stars of intense and brief life, born to burn with violence.

Constellation: Sagittarius
Apparent magnitude: 5.91
Distance: 635.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 284.003° · Dec -23.174°
Catalogue: HIP 92931 · HD 175360

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