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- Kaewkosin
Kaewkosin
Kaewkosin is a star, in the constellation Cancer. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1950.
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, March, April, and December.
Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 12.33.
What it’s like
It gives off about 0.60% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 5,800 degrees.
It is 75.9 light years away: 718 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1950: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.