- Stars with a name
- Belel
Belel
HD 181342
Belel is an orange giant, in the constellation Sagittarius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1665.
Where to find it
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 7.55.
What it’s like
It gives off 10 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,700 degrees.
It is 360.8 light years away: 3413 trillion kilometres.