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- Kruger 60
Kruger 60
HD 239960
Kruger 60 is a red star, in the constellation Cepheus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 2013.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never sets: it circles the pole all night, all year.
Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 9.59.
What it’s like
It gives off about 0.20% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 3,600 degrees.
It is 13.1 light years away: 123 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 2013: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.