16 Aurigae

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:52 | Tran: 6:37 | Set: 16:17

Alt: 50.93° Az: 261.65° Direction: West

16 Aurigae is a variable and double giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Auriga.

16 Aurigae visual magnitude is 4.54. Because of its moderate brightness, 16 Aurigae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of 16 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 16 Aurigae during the next 1000 years (0.75 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 19m 48s

Declination +33° 23’ 46”

Hour Angle 03h 13m 17s

Sideral Time 08h 33m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 18m 10s

Declination +33° 22’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 173.07°

Galactic Latitude -2.48°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 16 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.54

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.26

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.27

Temperature 4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 16 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 16 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

16 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 16 Aurigae double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 4.54

Secondary star magnitude 10.34

Magnitude difference 5.8

Separation 4.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

16 Aurigae is distant 234.20 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 71.84

Distance (light year) 234.20

Radial Speed -28 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.045 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.16"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 16 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34334

SAO Catalogue SAO57853

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24727

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+33 1000

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1909

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS3872

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 16 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.6° RISE 20:52

Max altitude: 71.9° TRANSIT 6:37

Azimuth: 303.4° SET 16:17

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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