- Stars with a name
- Syrma
Syrma
ι Virginis
Syrma is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Virgo. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1953.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in April, May, and June.
Visible to the naked eye away from the brightest lights. Apparent magnitude 4.07.
What it’s like
It gives off 10 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 6,300 degrees.
It is 72.5 light years away: 686 trillion kilometres.
It is the star of people born around 1953: the light that left it then is reaching Earth now.