The bright white star in the lower middle of this image is HD162826 located in Hercules. There’s a special story behind this star, which looks like just another random star in a sea of trillions with some faint galaxies deep in the noisy background. HD162826 is believed to be a sibling of our own sun born in the same stellar nursery and drifted apart through time.

This discovery was made in 2014 based on the composition, age, orbit and backwards tracking of the star. For now there are no known exoplanets around this sun but who knows what we might find in the future. HD162826 is now 110 light-years away from us.