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hip-94437
Its story
In Sagittarius, towards the heart of the Milky Way, burns an orange K-type star. Its light crossed 542 years: it set out as Hernando de Talavera presented to the Catholic Monarchs his favourable report on Columbus s venture in 1486. Cooler than the Sun, it pulses among dark nebulae, set into the dense lane where the galaxy reveals its core.
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.51
- Distance
- 541.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 288.315° · Dec -12.283°
- Catalogue
- HIP 94437 · HD 179497
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