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- Nushagak
Nushagak
HD 17156
Nushagak is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Cassiopeia. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1781.
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 8.17.
What it’s like
It gives off 2.6 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 5,800 degrees.
It is 244.7 light years away: 2315 trillion kilometres.