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Copernicus

Rho1 Cancri, 55 Cancri

Copernicus in the northern parts of Cancer is a Sun-like star with five known planets in orbit. The reddish star to the south in this image is 53 Cancri (an unrelated red giant star immensely more distant from Earth than Copernicus). Imagery provided by Aladin sky atlas

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