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- Hoggar
Hoggar
HD 28678
Hoggar is an orange star, in the constellation Taurus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1286.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in January, February, November, and December.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 8.38.
What it’s like
It gives off 20 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,700 degrees.
It is 739.6 light years away: 6997 trillion kilometres.