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Before you go die off, find your birth star.

Your birthday star is in the constellation Bootes. It has the name ? (Chi) Bootis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 37 Bootis in the Historia C?lestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1451+1906 A in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 4.7 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 14:51:23.4
Declination 19:6:1.7

This star is 22.1 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
Your birthday star is in the constellation Pavo. It has the name ? (Delta) Pavonis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 2008-6610 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 3.55 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
Right ascension 20:8:43.6
Declination -66:10:55.5

This star is 19.9 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.


WOW, so much crap i dont understand
 
Your birthday star:

Your birthday star is in the constellation Pavo. It has the name ? (Delta) Pavonis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 2008-6610 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 3.55 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
Right ascension 20:8:43.6
Declination -66:10:55.5

This star is 19.9 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
We have twin birth stars!!

Your birthday star:

Your birthday star is in the constellation Pavo. It has the name ? (Delta) Pavonis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 2008-6610 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 3.55 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 20:8:43.6
Declination -66:10:55.5

This star is 19.9 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
Your birthday star is in the constellation Bootes. It has the name ? (Chi) Bootis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 37 Bootis in the Historia C?lestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1451+1906 A in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 4.7 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
Right ascension 14:51:23.4
Declination 19:6:1.7

This star is 22.1 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
Your birthday star is in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is called 12 Ophiuchi in the Historia C?lestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1636-0219 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 5.76 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
Right ascension 16:36:21.5
Declination -2:19:28.5

This star is 32.0 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
Your birthday star is in the constellation Orion. It has the name ?3 (Pi3) Orionis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog
 
Your birthday star:

Your birthday star is in the constellation Hydrus. It has the name ? (Beta) Hydri in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 0025-7715 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 2.8 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):
Right ascension 0:25:45.1
Declination -77:15:15.2

This star is 24.4 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Your birthday star is in the constellation Bootes. It has the name ? (Chi) Bootis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 37 Bootis in the Historia C?lestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1451+1906 A in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 4.7 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 14:51:23.4
Declination 19:6:1.7

This star is 22.1 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
Huh, we have the same star.

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Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Your birthday star is in the constellation Bootes. It has the name ? (Chi) Bootis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 37 Bootis in the Historia C?lestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1451+1906 A in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 4.7 meaning that you could just see this star with the naked eye under the best viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 14:51:23.4
Declination 19:6:1.7

This star is 22.1 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
Your birthday star is in the constellation Eridanus. It has the name ? (Delta) Eridani in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 23 Eridani in the Historia C?lestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 0343-0945 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 3.53 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 3:43:14.9
Declination -9:45:48.2

This star is 29.4 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
Your birthday star has the common name Vega. It is in the constellation Lyra. It has the name ? (Alpha) Lyrae in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 3 Lyrae in the Historia C?lestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 1836+3847 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 0.03 meaning that it is one of the brightest stars in the sky! It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox)

Right ascension 18:36:56.3
Declination 38:47:1.3
 
I have the oldest birthday star here, so far. Here's what the rest of you have to look forward to.

Your birthday star is in the constellation Eridanus. It has the name ?01 (Tau01) Eridani in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is also called 1 Eridani in the Historia C?lestis Britannica of John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. It is called NS 0245-1834 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 4.46 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 2:45:6.2
Declination -18:34:21.2

This star is 45.6 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
Your birthday star is in the constellation Pavo. It has the name ? (Delta) Pavonis in Johann Bayer's Uranometria star catalog. It is called NS 2008-6610 in the NStars database.

It has visual magnitude 3.55 meaning that you could see this star with the naked eye in good viewing conditions. It is marked in the center of this star chart, at celestial coordinates (J2000 equinox):

Right ascension 20:8:43.6
Declination -66:10:55.5

This star is 19.9 light years away, which means that the light we see from it today set off on its journey at about the same time that you were born. Come back in a month or two and your birthday star may change, as the light from more distant stars reaches Earth.
 
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