Sky of Your Day
  1. Stars with a name
  2. Buna

Buna

HD 16175

Buna is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Andromeda. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1837.

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, February, September, October, November, and December.

Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 7.28.

What it’s like

It gives off 3.6 times as much light as the Sun.

Its surface is at about 5,800 degrees.

It is 188.8 light years away: 1786 trillion kilometres.

Other named stars in Andromeda