- Stars with a name
- Merga
Merga
38 Boötis
Merga is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Boötes. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1866.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in March, April, May, June, July, and August.
Visible to the naked eye only under a dark sky, away from town. Apparent magnitude 5.76.
What it’s like
It gives off 10 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 6,200 degrees Celsius.
It is 159.8 light years away: 1512 trillion kilometres.