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Old 06-July-2005, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by George
I must ask.....what color is it? :P
Considering its distance is estimated at 10,000 parsecs (I thought 32,616.3 LY sounded familiar ), it is not surprisingly a blue-white supergiant. It has both Bayer and Flamsteed designations.

Whether it actually is that far away is another matter, however. I certainly don't trust Starry Night or Redshift 4 that much.
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