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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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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.

Image of 2 Aurigae star
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

04h 54m 20s
+36° 44’ 36”
19h 30m 52s
00h 25m 12s

J2000

04h 52m 37s
+36° 42’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

167.26°
-4.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 2 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.78
Giant

-1.40
K2III
3934K

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

HR 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.

172.12
561.10
-17 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57475
SAO57475

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°
Max altitude: 75.3°
Azimuth: 306.7°