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Anser
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Cool red starIts story
Anser shines in Vulpecula, 'the little fox', a small and relatively recent constellation traced in the seventeenth century by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Its name, 'the goose', recalls that in the original drawing the fox carried a goose in its mouth. It is a cool red giant about 297 light-years away — the light crossing the sky tonight set out around 1728.
- Constellation
- Vulpecula
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.44
- Distance
- 297.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 292.176° · Dec 24.665°
- Catalogue
- HIP 95771 · HD 183439
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