2 Aurigae

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:37 | Tran: 14:12 | Set: 0:47

Alt: 41.36° Az: 79.99° Direction: East

2 Aurigae is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Auriga.

2 Aurigae visual magnitude is 4.78. Because of its moderate brightness, 2 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 2 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 2 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 54m 20s

Declination +36° 44’ 36”

Hour Angle 19h 30m 52s

Sidereal Time 00h 25m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 52m 37s

Declination +36° 42’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 167.26°

Galactic Latitude -4.65°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.78

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.40

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.41

Temperature 3934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 2 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 2 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

2 Aurigae is distant 561.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 172.12

Distance (light year) 561.10

Radial Speed -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 2 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD30834

SAO Catalogue SAO57475

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22678

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+36 952

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 2 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.3° RISE 3:37

Max altitude: 75.3° TRANSIT 14:12

Azimuth: 306.7° SET 0:47

Set Location

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