Sapaki
WR 67-1
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 16.25 mag
- Right ascension
- 229.154°
- Declination
- -58.1663°
- Designation
- WR 67-1
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-04-18
- Name language
- Quechua
- Name origin (IAU)
- The word translates into "solitary" which refers to the research find that this Wolf-Rayet star was born in isolation (name has been in SIMBAD already).
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- At magnitude 16.3 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination -58.2° — it never rises in Seoul (37.6° N); you need to be farther south to see it.
- Its IAU name «Sapaki» comes from Quechua (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.