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- Násti
Násti
HD 68988
Násti is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Ursa Major. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1848.
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 8.20.
What it’s like
It gives off about as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,800 degrees.
It is 177.8 light years away: 1682 trillion kilometres.