54 Aurigae

Above the horizon. Rise: 7:23 | Tran: 16:10 | Set: 1:01

Alt: 52.88° Az: 246.36° Direction: West-South-West

54 Aurigae is a variable and double giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Auriga.

54 Aurigae visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, 54 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 54 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 54 Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 41m 09s

Declination +28° 14’ 17”

Hour Angle 02h 35m 28s

Sidereal Time 09h 16m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 39m 33s

Declination +28° 15’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 186.24°

Galactic Latitude 10.1°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.03

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.66

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 54 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 54 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

54 Aurigae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 54 Aurigae double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.03

Secondary star magnitude 7.63

Magnitude difference 1.6

Separation 0.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

54 Aurigae is distant 708.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 217.39

Distance (light year) 708.70

Radial Speed 19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 54 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD47395

SAO Catalogue SAO78593

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP31852

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 1196

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 3065

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS5289

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 54 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.8° RISE 7:23

Max altitude: 66.8° TRANSIT 16:10

Azimuth: 298.2° SET 1:01

Set Location

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