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6 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 52.79°   Az: 87.63°   Direction: East

6 Aurigae is a supergiant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Auriga.

6 Aurigae visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its faintness, 6 Aurigae is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of 6 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 6 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 6 Aurigae during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 02m 08s
+39° 41’ 27”
20h 33m 00s
01h 35m 09s

J2000

05h 00m 23s
+39° 39’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

165.9°
-1.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 6 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.58
Supergiant

-1.33
K4I
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 6 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 6 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

6 Aurigae is distant 1,244.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

381.68
1,244.27
-24 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO57560
SAO57560

Visibility from Your Location

6 Aurigae is circumpolar and transits at 12:52 UTC (altitude: 78.2°)