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- Bélénos
Bélénos
HD 8574
Bélénos is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Pisces. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1881.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in January, September, October, November, and December.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 7.12.
What it’s like
It gives off 2.5 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 5,800 degrees Celsius.
It is 145.4 light years away: 1375 trillion kilometres.