Danfeng
L 168-9 · HIP 115211
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 11.03 mag
- Parallax
- 37.92 mas → about 86 light-years away
- Spectral type
- M2
- Surface temperature
- 3,842 K
- Right ascension
- 350.0329°
- Declination
- -60.0649°
- Designation
- L 168-9
- HIP number
- 115211
- IAU name adopted
- 2023-08-01
- Name language
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Name origin (IAU)
- Danfeng (丹凤) refers to the red phoenix, a sacred bird symbolising good fortune in ancient Chinese legend.
Source:ESA Hipparcos Catalogue (ESA Gaia Archive) · checked 2026-11-03 ↗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 86 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1940 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 11 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination -60.1° — it never rises in Seoul (37.6° N); you need to be farther south to see it.
Worked out from this object's official values.