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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:13 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:39
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65 Aurigae

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:26 | Tran: 17:01 | Set: 3:39
Alt: 14.56°   Az: 311.72°   Direction: North-West

65 Aurigae is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Auriga.

65 Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.13. Because of its faintness, 65 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 65 Aurigae star
DSS2 image of 65 Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of 65 Aurigae during the next 1000 years (-1.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.38 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 23m 44s
+36° 42’ 38”
07h 42m 43s
15h 06m 27s

J2000

07h 22m 02s
+36° 45’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

181.57°
21.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 65 Aurigae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.13
Hypergiant

0.85
K0III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 65 Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 65 Aurigae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

65 Aurigae is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the 65 Aurigae double sysyem:

5.13
10.63
5.5
11.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

65 Aurigae is distant 234.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

71.94
234.53
23 km/s
-0.098 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO60010
SAO60010

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 65 Aurigae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.3°
Max altitude: 75.2°
Azimuth: 306.7°