Sky of Your Day
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Ross 154

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Ross 154 is a red star, in the constellation Sagittarius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 2016.

Where to find it

Very faint: you’ll need a telescope. Apparent magnitude 10.37.

What it’s like

It gives off about 0.10% of the Sun’s light.

Its surface is at about 3,800 degrees.

It is 9.7 light years away: 92 trillion kilometres.

It is the star of people born around 2016: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.

Other named stars in Sagittarius