63 Aurigae
Above the horizon.
Circumpolar today
Alt: 44.62°
Az: 280.86°
Direction: West
63 Aurigae is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Auriga.
63 Aurigae visual magnitude is 4.9. Because of its moderate brightness, 63 Aurigae is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.
DSS2 image of 63 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 63 Aurigae during the next
10000 years (7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for 63 Aurigae.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of 63 Aurigae.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
63 Aurigae is distant 464.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
63 Aurigae is circumpolar and transits at 13:37 UTC (altitude: 77.8°)