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- Aspidiske
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 temperature is about 8,000 degrees Celsius.
It is 765.6 light years away: 7243 trillion kilometres.