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- Liesma
Liesma
HD 118203
Liesma is an orange star, in the constellation Ursa Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1737.
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.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 8.05.
What it’s like
It gives off 4.1 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,600 degrees.
It is 288.9 light years away: 2733 trillion kilometres.