- Stars with a name
- Sika
Sika
HD 181720
Sika is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Sagittarius. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1837.
Where to find it
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 7.84.
What it’s like
It gives off 2.1 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 6,000 degrees.
It is 189.4 light years away: 1792 trillion kilometres.