49 Aurigae

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:26 | Tran: 6:15 | Set: 15:00

Alt: 50.59° Az: 250.03° Direction: West-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 06h 36m 45s

Declination +28° 00’ 02”

Hour Angle 02h 50m 04s

Sideral Time 09h 26m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 35m 12s

Declination +28° 01’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 186.04°

Galactic Latitude 9.13°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 49 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.27

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.41

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

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

Distance (parsec) 136.99

Distance (light year) 446.58

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 49 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD46553

SAO Catalogue SAO78524

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP31434

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 1168

FK5 Catalogue 2504

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 3032

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 49 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.0° RISE 21:26

Max altitude: 66.5° TRANSIT 6:15

Azimuth: 298.0° SET 15:00

Set Location

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