Macondo

HD 93083 · HIP 52521

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 8.3 mag
Parallax: 35.9 mas → about 90.9 light-years away
Spectral type: K3V
Surface temperature: 5,033.8 K
Right ascension: 161.0871°
Declination: -33.577°
Designation: HD 93083
HIP number: 52521
IAU name adopted: 2019-12-17
Name language: Spanish
Name origin (IAU): Macondo is the mythical village of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) the classic novel by Gabriel García Marquez. Macondo is a fictional place where magic and reality are mixed.

Constellation

Planets

Light from this object takes about 91 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1935 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 8.3 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
Declination -33.6° — 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.