hip-93393

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Lyra is Orpheus's lyre, small and sharp, led by Vega. Beside it, in shadow, shines this blue-white B-class star six hundred and fifty light-years away. Its light left the star around 1375, when Geoffrey Chaucer was beginning to write the «Canterbury Tales». B-type, scorching atmosphere, cold colour to the eye but a volcanic surface: a young flame that may one day burst into supernova if its mass allows.

Constellation: Lyra
Apparent magnitude: 5.69
Distance: 649.8 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 285.322° · Dec 26.291°
Catalogue: HIP 93393 · HD 176871

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