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14 Aurigae

Altitude: 6.8°   Azimuth: 316.3°   Direction: North-West

14 Aurigae is a variable and multiple sub-giant star in the constellation of Auriga.

14 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.02. Because of its reltive faintness, 14 Aurigae should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about 14 Aurigae:

5.02
Sub-giant

14 Aurigae is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 6.8°
Azimuth: 316.3°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 14 Aurigae

14 Aurigae is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of 14 Aurigae are provided in the following table:

05h 15m 24s
+32° 41’ 16”
173.3°
-3.35°
Auriga

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 14 Aurigae in the sky:

Finder chart 14 Aurigae star
Simplified finder chart for 14 Aurigae.

Visibility of 14 Aurigae from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's 14 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.3°
Max altitude: 71.2°
Azimuth: 302.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of 14 Aurigae

The image below is a photograph of 14 Aurigae from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of 14 Aurigae is -0.024 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of 14 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 14 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 14 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 14 Aurigae from the Sun and relative movement

14 Aurigae is distant 268.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

82.37 pc
268.53 ly
-10 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/year
0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 14 Aurigae

14 Aurigae belongs to spectral class A9 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

0.44
A9IV
7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 14 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 14 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

14 Aurigae star system properties

14 Aurigae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 14 Aurigae double sysyem:

5.02
7.92
2.9
14.3 arcsec

Alternative designations of 14 Aurigae

SAO57799
SAO57799