Sky of Your Day
  1. Stars with a name
  2. Intan

Intan

HD 20868

Intan is an orange star, in the constellation Fornax. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1875.

Where to find it

From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it only ever stays low over the southern horizon.

Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 9.92.

What it’s like

It gives off about 20% of the Sun’s light.

Its surface is at about 4,700 degrees.

It is 150.7 light years away: 1426 trillion kilometres.

Other named stars in Fornax