Cocibolca
HD 4208 · HIP 3479
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 7.78 mag
- Parallax
- 30.89 mas → about 105.6 light-years away
- Spectral type
- G5V
- Surface temperature
- 5,717 K
- Right ascension
- 11.111°
- Declination
- -26.5157°
- Designation
- HD 4208
- HIP number
- 3479
- IAU name adopted
- 2019-12-17
- Name language
- Spanish
- Name origin (IAU)
- Cocibolca is the Nahualt name for the largest lake in Central America in Nicaragua.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 106 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1920 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 7.8 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination -26.5° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
Worked out from this object's official values.