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Its story

64 Serpentis is a hot blue B-type star about 1,137 light-years away, in the winding body of Serpens —the only constellation split into two separate parts. Its bluish-white tone reveals a surface above ten thousand degrees, typical of the most energetic stars. The light we receive tonight set out when the Song dynasty still ruled China, long before the printing press of the modern age.