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Its story

Among the southern plumage of Pavo, this orange K-type star watches about 444 light-years away. Its light departed around 1582, the very year Pope Gregory XIII reformed the calendar that still rules our lives. Cooler than the Sun yet larger in size, its amber tone recalls the glow of candles on ancient writing desks. Today it arrives as a luminous echo from the end of the sixteenth century.