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public  Pomaro Monferrato, Italy Pomaro Monferrato, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:52 
Transit: 13:31 
Sunset: 21:09
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49 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:30 | Tran: 12:36 | Set: 20:42
Alt: 15.01°   Az: 65.21°   Direction: East-North-East

49 Aurigae is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Auriga.

49 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, 49 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 49 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 49 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 49 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 36m 48s
+27° 59’ 59”
17h 33m 00s
00h 09m 49s

J2000

06h 35m 12s
+28° 01’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

186.04°
9.13°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.27
Hypergiant

-0.41
A0V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 49 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 49 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

49 Aurigae is distant 446.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

136.99
446.58
17 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO78524
SAO78524

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Pomaro Monferrato, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 62.0°
Max altitude: 72.9°
Azimuth: 298.0°