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Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 13:02 
Sunset: 21:19
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63 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 61.90°   Az: 258.78°   Direction: South-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.

Image of 63 Aurigae star
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

07h 13m 24s
+39° 16’ 35”
02h 26m 36s
09h 40m 00s

J2000

07h 11m 39s
+39° 19’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

178.27°
20.46°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.9
Giant

-0.87
K4III
3870K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 63 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR 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.

142.45
464.39
-27 km/s
0.044 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO59866
SAO59866

Visibility from Your Location

63 Aurigae is circumpolar and transits at 13:09 UTC (altitude: 77.8°)