Your Birthday Star:
Your birthday star is in the constellation Reticulum. It has the name ζ2 (Zeta2) Reticuli in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 0318-6230 A in the NStars database.
It has visual magnitude 5.24 meaning that
you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions.
It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
| Right ascension |
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3:18:12.8 |
| Declinati |
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-62:30: |
This star is 39.4 light years away,
which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at
about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your
birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches
Earth. Click here to find your birthday star
Last update : 2007.11.16 - 22:12
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