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- Kaveh
Kaveh
HD 175541
Kaveh is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Serpens. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1612.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in June, July, August, and September.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 8.02.
What it’s like
It gives off 8.7 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 4,800 degrees Celsius.
It is 414.4 light years away: 3921 trillion kilometres.