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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:16 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:12
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17 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:54 | Tran: 19:39 | Set: 5:29
Alt: 67.65°   Az: 134.98°   Direction: South-East

17 Aurigae is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Auriga.

17 Aurigae visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, 17 Aurigae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 17 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 17 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 17 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 19m 58s
+33° 47’ 31”
22h 44m 27s
04h 04m 25s

J2000

05h 18m 18s
+33° 46’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

172.77°
-2.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 17 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.14
Main-sequence

0.71
B9V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 17 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 17 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

17 Aurigae is distant 397.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

121.95
397.56
25 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57858
SAO57858

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 17 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.2°
Max altitude: 72.3°
Azimuth: 303.8°