- Stars with a name
- Bubup
Bubup
HD 38283
Bubup is a Wolf-Rayet star, in the constellation Mensa. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1901.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 6.69.
What it’s like
It gives off 2.7 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 6,000 degrees.
It is 125.0 light years away: 1182 trillion kilometres.