- Stars with a name
- Karaka
Karaka
HD 137388
Karaka is an orange star, in the constellation Apus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1898.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 8.71.
What it’s like
It gives off about 44% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 5,000 degrees.
It is 128.0 light years away: 1210 trillion kilometres.