- Stars with a name
- Guniibuu B
Guniibuu B
36 Ophiuchi
Guniibuu B is an orange star, in the constellation Ophiuchus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 2006.
Where to find it
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.07.
What it’s like
It gives off about 29% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 5,100 degrees.
It is 19.5 light years away: 185 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 2006: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.