51 Aurigae

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:17 | Tran: 14:02 | Set: 22:46

Alt: -4.91° Az: 332.92° Direction: North-North-West

51 Aurigae is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Auriga.

51 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, 51 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 51 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 51 Aurigae during the next 1000 years (-0.38 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.82 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 40m 25s

Declination +39° 21’ 59”

Hour Angle 09h 36m 19s

Sidereal Time 16h 16m 44s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 38m 39s

Declination +39° 23’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 175.79°

Galactic Latitude 14.54°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.69

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.75

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.35

Temperature 4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 51 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 51 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

51 Aurigae is distant 316.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 97.09

Distance (light year) 316.50

Radial Speed 33 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.023 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.109"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 51 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD47070

SAO Catalogue SAO59316

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP31771

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+39 1690

FK5 Catalogue 250

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 51 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Favara, Spagna are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Madrid):

Azimuth: 50.6° RISE 5:17

Max altitude: 89.8° TRANSIT 14:02

Azimuth: 309.4° SET 22:46

Name:	Favara, Spagna
Latitude:	39° 7' 0.1" N
Longitude:	0° 16' 60.0" W
Timezone:	Europe/Madrid

Set Location

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