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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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26 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:46 | Tran: 14:54 | Set: 0:02
Alt: 19.82°   Az: 65.57°   Direction: East-North-East

26 Aurigae is a variable and multiple giant star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Auriga.

26 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.4. Because of its faintness, 26 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 26 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 26 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 26 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 40m 16s
+30° 30’ 18”
17h 35m 08s
23h 15m 25s

J2000

05h 38m 38s
+30° 29’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

177.88°
-0.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 26 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.4
Giant

-0.29
F9III
6625K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 26 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 26 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

26 Aurigae is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 26 Aurigae double sysyem:

5.4
5.7
0.3
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

26 Aurigae is distant 447.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

137.17
447.19
2 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO58280
SAO58280

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 26 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.5°
Max altitude: 69.0°
Azimuth: 300.5°