- Stars with a name
- Tupi
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.