- Stars with a name
- Macondo
Macondo
HD 93083
Macondo is an orange star, in the constellation Antlia. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1935.
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 8.30.
What it’s like
It gives off about 32% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 4,900 degrees.
It is 90.9 light years away: 860 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1935: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.