Batsũ̀
LHS 3844
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Distance from Earth
- 14.8846 pc (≈ 48.5 light-years)
- Spectral type
- M4.5-M5.0
- Surface temperature
- 3,080 K
- Designation
- LHS 3844
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Bribri
- Name origin (IAU)
- Batsũ̀ means “hummingbird” in the Bribri language. Batsũ̀ are the messengers of the creator Sibö̀, a culture hero and creator of Earth and Humanity.
Source:NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 49 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1977 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 15.2 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Its IAU name «Batsũ̀» comes from Bribri (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.