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HR 160

BSC 160, HD 3444

Proper NameNone
Bayer DesignationNone
Flamsteed NumberNone
HR (BSC)160
HD3444
ConstellationTucana
Right Ascension0h 36m 38s
Declination-65° 7' 28"
Distance712 light years
218 parsecs
MagnitudeApparent: +6.4
Absolute: -0.2
Spectral ClassK2-3III Orange Giant
Optimum VisibilityOctober (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
NotesA faint orange star in Tucana, to the north of the Small Magellanic Cloud in the skies of Earth. Though too faint to be seen by the naked eye, distant HR 160 is an orange giant emitting more than a hundred times the light of the Sun.

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