The V8 car is identifiable by its three-aperture lower front grille, the red "B" badges, and the figure-8-shaped exhaust stingers.

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What is interesting about this star is that it is a former red giant, a so-called "hot B subdwarf".

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That famous red B looked as if it was made out of hand-dipped Maker's Mark wax.

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