• Aspidiske  Aspidiske is a star in Carina. # ############### ##################### ######################### ########################### ############################# ############################### ############################### ################################# ############################### ############################### ############################# ########################### ######################### ##################### ############### #  Type White supergiant  Constellation Carina  Magnitude 2.2  Spectral type A8Ib  Distance 692 light years  You need naked eye   Known as  Bayer ι Car  Yale HR 3699  what it has been called: skymap.sh/Aspidiske/about  40.00,-83.00 now · mag 2.2 · never rises from here  Aspidiske is not visible from 40.00,-83.00: below the horizon.  No window in the next 40 days from this latitude.  It clears the horizon between about 0°N and 70°S: Galapagos or Machu Picchu.   Aspidiske never rises from 40.00,-83.00. It stays below the horizon all year at this latitude.   You will find it in Carina.   It is a white supergiant, 692 light years away, so the light reaching you left it in 1334.   Your sky here is about Bortle 7, bright, and this is still bright enough to see with the naked eye.  Follow @skymapsh for skymap.sh updates