- Stars with a name
- Tupã
Tupã
HD 108147
Tupã is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Crux. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1902.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it never rises: it belongs to the southern sky.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 6.99.
What it’s like
It gives off 2.0 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 6,200 degrees.
It is 124.2 light years away: 1175 trillion kilometres.