- Stars with a name
- Felis
Felis
HD 85951
Felis is an orange giant, in the constellation Hydra. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1412.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in March.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 4.94.
What it’s like
It gives off 327 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 3,700 degrees.
It is 614.2 light years away: 5811 trillion kilometres.