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- Elkurud
Elkurud
θ Columbae
Elkurud is a very hot blue star, in the constellation Columba. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1304.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it only ever stays low over the southern horizon.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.00.
What it’s like
It gives off 426 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 11,500 degrees.
It is 721.6 light years away: 6827 trillion kilometres.