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- Nihal
Nihal
β Leporis
Nihal is a yellow giant like the Sun, in the constellation Lepus. 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 January.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 2.81.
What it’s like
It gives off 158 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 5,000 degrees Celsius.
It is 160.4 light years away: 1517 trillion kilometres.