53 Aurigae

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:48 | Tran: 7:45 | Set: 16:38

Alt: 44.43° Az: 98.20° Direction: East

53 Aurigae is a star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Auriga.

53 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, 53 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 53 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 53 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 39m 57s

Declination +28° 57’ 38”

Hour Angle 20h 24m 27s

Sideral Time 03h 04m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 38m 22s

Declination +28° 59’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 185.47°

Galactic Latitude 10.17°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for 53 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.79

Class

53 Aurigae is also a Eu chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.23

Spectral Type B9

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 53 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 53 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

53 Aurigae is distant 421.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 129.20

Distance (light year) 421.19

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 53 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD47152

SAO Catalogue SAO78571

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP31737

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+29 1293

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 53 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.0° RISE 22:48

Max altitude: 67.5° TRANSIT 7:45

Azimuth: 299.0° SET 16:38

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Auriga