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Aspidiske
ι Carinae
Aspidiske is a white supergiant, in the constellation Carina. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1260.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Bright enough to see even from a city. Apparent magnitude 2.21.
What it’s like
It gives off 6,269 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 8,200 degrees.
It is 765.6 light years away: 7243 trillion kilometres.