22 Aurigae

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:12 | Tran: 7:09 | Set: 16:03

Alt: 9.24° Az: 54.32° Direction: North-East

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

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

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 24m 56s

Declination +28° 57’ 29”

Hour Angle 16h 25m 33s

Sideral Time 21h 50m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 23m 22s

Declination +28° 56’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 177.36°

Galactic Latitude -4.09°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 22 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.46

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.16

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 592.73

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 22 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD35076

SAO Catalogue SAO77139

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP25192

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 788

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 22 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.0° RISE 22:12

Max altitude: 67.5° TRANSIT 7:09

Azimuth: 299.0° SET 16:03

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

Location

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