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Its story

In the discreet little Fox, some 414 light-years away, beats this orange type K star. Its light set out around 1612, when Galileo was still patiently documenting Jupiter's moons and proving the sky to be far richer than the ancients had believed. Cooler than the Sun but noticeably larger, it offers its warm tone within a modern summer-boreal constellation that does not seek to draw attention.