hyg-119106

Its story

A discreet pair in Hercules, almost around the cosmic corner: barely thirty-five light-years away, two reddish-orange suns share a single orbit. They form a binary system in which each star turns about a common centre of gravity, bound by the same force that holds planets in their courses. Cooler and smaller than the Sun, they are humble forges burning slowly. Their light reaches us from a recent past, almost contemporary, almost familiar.