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51 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 2.10°   Az: 346.66°   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.

Image of 51 Aurigae star
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

06h 40m 24s
+39° 21’ 59”
10h 50m 35s
17h 31m 00s

J2000

06h 38m 39s
+39° 23’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

175.79°
14.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 51 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Giant

0.75
K5III
4034K

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

HR 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.

97.09
316.50
33 km/s
-0.023 arcsec/y
-0.109"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO59316
SAO59316

Visibility from Your Location

51 Aurigae is circumpolar and transits at 14:50 UTC (altitude: 77.9°)