- Stars with a name
- Uruk
Uruk
HD 231701
Uruk is a yellow-white star, in the constellation Sagitta. The light you see from it tonight left it around 1640.
Where to find it
From mid-northern latitudes, such as New York, Rome or Tokyo, it is best seen in the evening sky in June, July, August, September, and October.
Too faint for the naked eye: you’ll need binoculars. Apparent magnitude 8.97.
What it’s like
It gives off 3.2 times as much light as the Sun.
Its surface is at about 6,200 degrees.
It is 386.4 light years away: 3656 trillion kilometres.