Lintangkumba
HR 8679 · HIP 112716 · τ2 Aqr
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.98 mag
- Parallax
- 10.27 mas → about 317.6 light-years away
- Spectral type
- K5III
- Right ascension
- 342.3979°
- Declination
- -13.5926°
- Designation
- HR 8679
- Bayer designation
- τ2 Aqr
- HIP number
- 112716
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-09-22
- Name language
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Name origin (IAU)
- Lintang in Bahasa Indonesia means asterism; 'kumba' in Balinese is a vessel with sacred water; it derives from Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha), jar or pitcher. In both Indian and Indonesian cultures, it is a name for the constellation in Aquarius. In India, it also designates the rāśi (zodiac sign).
Source:IAU Working Group on Star Names · checked 2026-11-02 ↗ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗
Related
Constellation
In everyday life
- Light from this object takes about 318 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1708 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 4 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination -13.6° — 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.