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9 Vulpeculae burns some 553 light-years away as a swollen blue B-class giant, hundreds of times more luminous than the Sun. It inhabits the small constellation of the Fox, sketched by Hevelius in the 17th century between Cygnus and Sagitta. Its light, white with a pale blue tinge, crosses more than five centuries of space before it ever reaches an eye.

Constellation: Vulpecula
Apparent magnitude: 5.00
Distance: 552.9 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 293.645° · Dec 19.773°
Catalogue: HIP 96275 · HD 184606

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