Márohu
WASP-6
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 11.98 mag
- Distance from Earth
- 197.119 pc (≈ 642.9 light-years)
- Surface temperature
- 5,438 K
- Right ascension
- 348.1572°
- Declination
- -22.674°
- Designation
- WASP-6
- IAU name adopted
- 2019-12-17
- Name language
- Taíno
- Name origin (IAU)
- Márohu the god of drought is the protector of the Sun and is engraved at a higher position on the stalagmite than Boinayel in the El Puente cave, where the Sun makes its way down every 21 December.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗NASA Exoplanet Archive (Caltech/IPAC) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 643 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1383 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 12 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination -22.7° — 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.