(From the S.A.P.S.

His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from his hand, where his power is hidden.

And his brightness was as the light he had horns coming out of his hand and there was the hiding of his power.

It had faded by more than a factor of three million in that time.

Because of the very faint luminosity of this galaxy, its exact distance was not measured for several years.

The glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory.

Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches the fire went up and down among the living creatures and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Then I saw, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire from the appearance of his waist and downward, fire and from his waist and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.

As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps it went up and down among the living creatures and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning.

Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber.

I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of its midst as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.

And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.

The luminosity and temperature of the star indicate it has ceased nuclear burning and is on its way to becoming a white dwarf, fading at a predicted rate of 1 per year.

I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.

And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.

The next night, the fading object, by now down to magnitude 20, was imaged by the Keck telescope, and the 2.6 meter Nordic Optical Telescope in the Canary Islands.

The reason for this limit is not precisely known, but it is partially due to the Eddington luminosity which defines the maximum amount of luminosity that can pass through the atmosphere of a star without ejecting the gases into space.