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40 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:15 | Tran: 20:59 | Set: 8:46
Alt: 43.77°   Az: 79.63°   Direction: East

40 Aurigae is a variable star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Auriga.

40 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.36. Because of its faintness, 40 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 40 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 40 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 40 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 08m 18s
+38° 28’ 41”
19h 39m 27s
01h 47m 46s

J2000

06h 06m 35s
+38° 28’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

173.87°
8.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 40 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.36

0.02
A4
7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 40 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 40 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

40 Aurigae is distant 380.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

116.69
380.40
18 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO58749
SAO58749

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 40 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 51.5°
Max altitude: 77.0°
Azimuth: 308.5°