🔵 Cexing – κ Cas
Blue supergiant in #Cassiopeia, mag 4.16.
🌡️ 24,600 K | 38 M☉ | 43 R☉ | 4,126 ly | BC0.7 Ia
Name from Chinese Cè Xīng (“The Whip Star”), part of the charioteer Wangliang.
A fast runaway star with a huge bow shock.
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