Udang
HR 8075 · HIP 104139 · θ Cap
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.07 mag
- Parallax
- 20.11 mas → about 162.2 light-years away
- Spectral type
- A1V
- Right ascension
- 316.4868°
- Declination
- -17.2329°
- Designation
- HR 8075
- Bayer designation
- θ Cap
- HIP number
- 104139
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-02-22
- Name language
- Balinese
- Name origin (IAU)
- Udang, "the Shrimp", is an Oceanic name from Bali (Indonesia). It is anchored in the cultural calendar called "Palelintangan" which is attested for ~1300 years. Particularly whiteleg and tiger shrimp are leading fishery commodity in Bali with significant economic potential.
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
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Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 162 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1864 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 4.1 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination -17.2° — 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.