60 Aurigae

Above the horizon. Rise: 2:31 | Tran: 14:06 | Set: 1:46

Alt: 2.24° Az: 341.62° Direction: North-North-West

60 Aurigae is a dwarf star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Auriga.

60 Aurigae visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, 60 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 60 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 60 Aurigae during the next 1000 years (0.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.93 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 06h 54m 57s

Declination +38° 24’ 17”

Hour Angle 10h 25m 11s

Sidereal Time 17h 20m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 06h 53m 13s

Declination +38° 26’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 177.83°

Galactic Latitude 16.79°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.3

Class Dwarf

Absolute magnitude 2.21

Spectral Type F5

Color Index (B-V) 0.49

Temperature 6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 60 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 60 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

60 Aurigae is distant 214.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 65.75

Distance (light year) 214.33

Radial Speed 32 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.176"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 60 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD50037

SAO Catalogue SAO59576

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP33064

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+38 1636

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 60 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 51.6° RISE 2:31

Max altitude: 76.9° TRANSIT 14:06

Azimuth: 308.4° SET 1:46

Set Location

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