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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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53 Aurigae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:56 | Tran: 15:49 | Set: 0:43
Alt: -6.57°   Az: 338.00°   Direction: North-North-West

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.

Image of 53 Aurigae star
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

06h 39m 59s
+28° 57’ 36”
10h 19m 18s
16h 59m 18s

J2000

06h 38m 22s
+28° 59’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

185.47°
10.17°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
53 Aurigae is also a Eu chemically peculiar star.

0.23
B9
10125K

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

HR 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.

129.20
421.19
18 km/s
-0.021 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO78571
SAO78571

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°
Max altitude: 67.5°
Azimuth: 299.0°