Uñallamacha
HD 155985 · HIP 84556
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Star
- Apparent magnitude
- 6.487 mag
- Spectral type
- B0.5Iab:
- Right ascension
- 259.2731°
- Declination
- -44.7786°
- Designation
- HD 155985
- HIP number
- 84556
- IAU name adopted
- 2026-07-01
- Name language
- Quechua
- Name origin (IAU)
- Uñallamacha, The Baby Llama, is an Inka dark constellation. It forms a super-constellation with its mother, Yaqana. WGSN picked the faintest star above the visibility threshold and inside the dark cloud area to keep its heritage.
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
- At magnitude 6.5 it is fainter than the naked-eye limit (about 6) — you need binoculars or a telescope.
- Declination -44.8° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.
- Its IAU name «Uñallamacha» comes from Quechua (IAU Working Group on Star Names).
Worked out from this object's official values.