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Your Birth Star
Light that has traveled your whole life
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Your Birth Star
Enter your age and the tool finds a star whose distance in light-years means the light you see today left it around the year you were born. One minute of romantic astronomy.
Frequently asked questions
What is a light-year?
The distance light travels in one year — about 9.46 trillion kilometers.
How accurate are the distances?
They are rounded catalog values; for nearby stars they are known quite precisely.