hyg-118360

Binary system

Its story

On the flank of Auriga burns a pair of golden fire. Two G-type suns dance too close for the eye to split them apart —barely 42 light-years away—. The light reaching the atmosphere tonight set out when the first transistors were rewriting electronics, in the heart of the postwar years. A stellar intimacy disguised as a single point, forever caught in the Charioteer.

Constellation: Auriga
Apparent magnitude: 0.96
Distance: 42.2 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 79.169° · Dec 46.001°
Catalogue: HYG 118360

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