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- Guniibuu
Guniibuu
36 Ophiuchi
Guniibuu is an orange star, in the constellation Ophiuchus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 2007.
Where to find it
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 4.33.
What it’s like
It gives off about 57% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 5,100 degrees.
It is 19.4 light years away: 183 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 2007: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.