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Its story

58 Andromedae is a white A-type star holding its place some one hundred and ninety light-years from Earth, within the constellation the ancient Greeks identified with the chained princess. Its cold, polished light travelled for nearly two centuries before touching us: it departed in an era when neither the railway nor photography yet existed. It is faint to the unaided eye, yet its clear hue places it among the precise beads of Andromeda.