22 Aurigae

Altitude: -9.0° Azimuth: 10.0° Direction: North

22 Aurigae is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Auriga.

22 Aurigae visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its reltive faintness, 22 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 22 Aurigae:

Color of 22 Aurigae ⬤

Magnitude of 22 Aurigae 6.46

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

22 Aurigae is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -9.0°
Azimuth: 10.0°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of 22 Aurigae

22 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 22 Aurigae are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 23m 22s

Declination J2000 +28° 56’ 12”

Galactic Longitude 177.36°

Galactic Latitude -4.09°

Constellation Auriga

The simplified sky map below shows the position of 22 Aurigae in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for 22 Aurigae.

Visibility of 22 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 22 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: 61.1° RISE 15:16

Max altitude: 67.5° TRANSIT 0:13

Azimuth: 298.9° SET 9:06

Digitized Sky Survey image of 22 Aurigae

The image below is a photograph of 22 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 22 Aurigae is 0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.03 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of 22 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 22 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of 22 Aurigae from the Sun and relative movement

22 Aurigae is distant 592.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 181.82 pc

Distance (light year) 592.73 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.03 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of 22 Aurigae

22 Aurigae belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.16

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of 22 Aurigae 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 22 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 22 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of 22 Aurigae

Flamsteed designation 22 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35076

SAO Catalogue SAO77139

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25192

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 788

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