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U Sagittarii

HR 6947, BSC 6947

This vast and highly luminous star lies in the heart of the open star cluster designated M25. It is a Cepheid variable, meaning that it periodically swells and contracts. The pattern of this variability allows us to calculate its distance from the Earth, giving a value of a little more than 2,000 light years.

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