- Stars with a name
- Mago
Mago
HD 32518
Mago is an orange giant, in the constellation Camelopardalis. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1633.
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.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 6.43.
What it’s like
It gives off 34 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 4,500 degrees.
It is 393.4 light years away: 3722 trillion kilometres.