Kuda
HR 165 · HIP 3092 · δ And
👁️ Naked-eye
📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.
Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.28 mag
- Parallax
- 30.91 mas → about 105.5 light-years away
- Spectral type
- K3III...
- Right ascension
- 9.8317°
- Declination
- 30.861°
- Designation
- HR 165
- Bayer designation
- δ And
- HIP number
- 3092
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-10-15
- Name language
- Malay
- Name origin (IAU)
- Kuda is Malay and borrowed from Tamil குதிரை (kutirai), meaning horse. The constellation is used on the islands of Java and Bali where horses are considered a luxury item.
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 106 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1920 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
- At magnitude 3.3 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
- Declination 30.9° — 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.