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- Elgafar
Elgafar
φ Virginis
Elgafar is a yellow giant like the Sun, in the constellation Virgo. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1908.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in April, May, June, and July.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 4.81.
What it’s like
It gives off 14 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,600 degrees.
It is 118.3 light years away: 1119 trillion kilometres.