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42 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 9.28°   Az: 13.28°   Direction: North-North-East

42 Aurigae is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Auriga.

42 Aurigae visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, 42 Aurigae is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of 42 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 42 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 42 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 19m 28s
+46° 24’ 45”
13h 16m 47s
19h 36m 16s

J2000

06h 17m 34s
+46° 25’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

167.55°
13.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 42 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Hypergiant

2.23
F0V
7658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 42 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 42 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

42 Aurigae is distant 235.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

72.15
235.21
-8 km/s
-0.043 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO40999
SAO40999

Visibility from Your Location

42 Aurigae is circumpolar and transits at 14:33 UTC (altitude: 84.9°)