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- Ayeyarwady
Ayeyarwady
HD 18742
Ayeyarwady is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Eridanus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1585.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in December.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 7.81.
What it’s like
It gives off 12 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,900 degrees.
It is 441.4 light years away: 4175 trillion kilometres.