Find Your Birthday Star - NC Science Festival

Find Your Birthday Star

When you look into space, you look back in time! You see stars and other objects in space as they looked when the light left them.

For example, the Sun is 8 light-minutes (93 million miles) from Earth, which means sunlight takes 8 minutes to reach our eyes, and we always see the Sun as it looked 8 minutes ago.

Your "birthday star" is any star whose light left it around the time you were born. The starlight you see is as old as you are. Some stars listed below are too dim to see without a telescope.

Can't find a match for your age? Round up or down.

Note: Distance estimates vary for some stars; this list is adapted mostly from:

If you are...

8 minutes old 4 years old 6 years old 8 years old 9 years old 10 years old 11 years old 12 years old 15 years old 16 years old 17 years old 18 years old 19 years old 20 years old 21 years old 22 years old 23 years old 24 years old 25 years old 26 years old 27 years old 28 years old 29 years old 30 years old 31 years old 32 years old

your birthday star is...

the Sun Alpha Centauri Barnard's Star Wolf 359 Sirius Epsilon Eridani Procyon Tau Ceti Gliese 876 Keid Altair Van Biesbroeck's Star Achird 36 Ophiuchi HD 219314 Xi Bo?tis Gliese 667 107 Piscium Vega Chi Draconis Beta Canum Venaticorum Chi1 Orionis Gamma Leporis Kappa1 Ceti 61 Ursae Majoris 12 Ophiuchi

which is located in...

the daytime sky Centaurus the Centaur Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Leo the Lion Canis Major the Big Dog Eridanus the River Canis Minor the Little Dog Cetus the Sea Monster Aquarius the Water Bearer Eridanus the River Aquila the Eagle Aquila the Eagle Cassiopeia the Queen Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Cassiopeia the Queen Bo?tes the Herdsman Scorpius the Scorpion Pisces the Fishes Lyra the Lyre Draco the Dragon Canes Venatici the Hunting Dogs Orion the Hunter Lepus the Hare Cetus the Sea Monster Ursa Major the Big Bear Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer

If you are...

33 years old 34 years old 35 years old 36 years old 37 years old 38 years old 39 years old 40 years old 41 years old 42 years old 43 years old 44 years old 45 years old 46 years old 47 years old 48 years old 49 years old 50 years old 51 years old 52 years old 53 years old 54 years old 55 years old 56 years old 57 years old 58 years old 59 years old 60 years old 61 years old 62 years old 63 years old 64 years old 65 years old 66 years old 67 years old 68 years old 69 years old 70 years old 71 years old

your birthday star is...

Alpha Mensae Pollux Zeta Herculis Denebola Arcturus Lambda Serpentis Delta Capricorni Beta Trianguli Australis Lambda Aurigae 36 Ursae Majoris Capella Theta Ursae Majoris Errai Dalim Eta Cephei Alderamin Eta Leporis Helvetios Castor 104 Tauri Xi Pegasi Caph Tau1 Hydrae Xi Ophiuchi 58 Ophiuchi Zosma 70 Virginis Delta Equulei Mu Virginis Eta Serpentis Beta Pictoris Mothallah Aldebaran Hamal Sigma2 Ursae Majoris Tau Cygni 40 Leonis Zeta Leporis Alpha Hydri

which is located in...

Mensa the Table Gemini the Twins Hercules the Strongman Leo the Lion Bo?tes the Herdsman Serpens the Serpent Capricornus the Sea Goat Triangulum Australe the Southern Triangle Auriga the Charioteer Ursa Major the Big Bear Auriga the Charioteer Ursa Major the Big Bear Cepheus the King Fornax the Furnace Cepheus the King Cepheus the King Lepus the Hare Pegasus the Winged Horse Gemini the Twins Taurus the Bull Pegasus the Winged Horse Cassiopeia the Queen Hydra the Water Snake Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Leo the Lion Virgo the Maiden Equuleus the Little Horse Virgo the Maiden Serpens the Serpent Pictor the Painter Triangulum the Triangle Taurus the Bull Aries the Ram Ursa Major the Big Bear Cygnus the Swan Leo the Lion Lepus the Hare Hydrus the Male Water Snake

If you are...

72 years old 73 years old 74 years old 75 years old 76 years old 77 years old 78 years old 79 years old 80 years old 81 years old 82 years old 83 years old 84 years old 85 years old 86 years old 87 years old 88 years old 89 years old 90 years old 91 years old 92 years old 93 years old 94 years old 95 years old 96 years old 97 years old 98 years old 99 years old

your birthday star is...

Aljanah Mu Cygni 39 Leonis Alphecca Omega Draconis Zeta Serpentis Kaus Borealis Regulus 7 Andromedae Alioth Cebalrai Zeta Aquilae Sabik Seginus Tau3 Eridani Algorab Epsilon Ceti Gacrux 15 Pegasi 38 Geminorum Omega Andromedae Algol Lambda Geminorum Gamma Ophiuchi Diphda Alpheratz SAO141665 Nu Draconis

which is located in...

Cygnus the Swan Cygnus the Swan Leo the Lion Corona Borealis the Northern Crown Draco the Dragon Serpens the Serpent Sagittarius the Archer Leo the Lion Andromeda the Princess Ursa Major the Big Bear Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Aquila the Eagle Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Bo?tes the Herdsman Eridanus the River Corvus the Crow Cetus the Sea Monster Crux the Southern Cross Pegasus the Winged Horse Gemini the Twins Andromeda the Princess Perseus the Hero Gemini the Twins Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Cetus the Sea Monster Andromeda the Princess Ophiuchus the Serpent Bearer Draco the Dragon

The Statewide Star Party is made possible by the generous grant support of the North Carolina Space Grant.

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