- Stars with a name
- Koeia
Koeia
HIP 12961
Koeia is a red star, in the constellation Eridanus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1951.
Where to find it
Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 10.25.
What it’s like
It gives off about 3.7% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 4,000 degrees.
It is 75.1 light years away: 710 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1951: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.