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- Añañuca
Añañuca
HIP 47780
Añañuca is a red star, in the constellation Vela. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1994.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it only ever stays low over the southern horizon.
Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 10.22.
What it’s like
It gives off about 0.70% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 3,700 degrees.
It is 32.2 light years away: 305 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1994: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.