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- Nosaxa
Nosaxa
HD 48265
Nosaxa is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Puppis. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1747.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 8.05.
What it’s like
It gives off 3.8 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,400 degrees.
It is 278.5 light years away: 2635 trillion kilometres.