Albaldah

Its story

Albaldah shines in Sagittarius, its name from the Arabic «al-baldah», «the town» or «the district» — a reference to one of the ancient lunar mansions. A luminous F-class supergiant about 510 light-years away, it is a huge and powerful star whose light, gentled by distance, looks like a lamp burning on some far-off street. That light began its journey roughly when Columbus was crossing the Atlantic.