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- Muscida
Muscida
ο Ursae Majoris
Muscida is a yellow giant like the Sun, in the constellation Ursa Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1847.
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 away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 3.35.
What it’s like
It gives off 120 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,100 degrees.
It is 179.1 light years away: 1695 trillion kilometres.