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- Lacaille 8760
Lacaille 8760
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Lacaille 8760 is a red star, in the constellation Microscopium. 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 only ever stays low over the southern horizon.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 6.69.
What it’s like
It gives off about 2.9% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 4,000 degrees.
It is 12.9 light years away: 122 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 2013: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.