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RX J185635-3754 CrA editor.cs 2023-11-05 16:48:21.553843 editor.cs 2023-11-05 16:48:21.553847

Under this obscure designation hides our closest neutron star, which is located at a distance of 200 light-years. With its apparent magnitude of 26mag, it cannot be observed in any case, it was discovered only in 1996 by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is a remnant of a supernova explosion that occurred a million years ago.