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Tupi

HD 23079

Tupi is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Reticulum. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1915.

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 7.12.

What it’s like

It gives off about as much light as the Sun.

Its surface is at about 6,000 degrees.

It is 110.5 light years away: 1046 trillion kilometres.