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- Uklun
Uklun
HD 102117
Uklun is a yellow star like the Sun, in the constellation Centaurus. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1897.
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 7.47.
What it’s like
It gives off about as much light as the Sun.
Its surface temperature is about 5,300 degrees Celsius.
It is 129.5 light years away: 1225 trillion kilometres.