- Stars with a name
- Pincoya
Pincoya
HD 164604
Pincoya is an orange star, in the constellation Sagittarius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1892.
Where to find it
Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 9.62.
What it’s like
It gives off about 21% of the Sun’s light.
Its surface is at about 4,000 degrees.
It is 134.0 light years away: 1267 trillion kilometres.