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60 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:42 | Tran: 21:18 | Set: 8:57
Alt: 13.65°   Az: 316.17°   Direction: 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.

Image of 60 Aurigae star
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

06h 54m 56s
+38° 24’ 19”
08h 03m 16s
14h 58m 13s

J2000

06h 53m 13s
+38° 26’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

177.83°
16.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 60 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Dwarf

2.21
F5
6435K

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

HR 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.

65.75
214.33
32 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.176"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO59576
SAO59576

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°
Max altitude: 76.9°
Azimuth: 308.4°