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- Bosona
Bosona
HD 206610
Bosona is an orange star, in the constellation Aquarius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1394.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in August, September, and October.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 8.34.
What it’s like
It gives off 15 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,700 degrees.
It is 632.1 light years away: 5980 trillion kilometres.