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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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χ Aurigae (chi Aurigae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:30 | Tran: 14:56 | Set: 0:22
Alt: 21.41°   Az: 295.26°   Direction: West-North-West

χ Aurigae is a supergiant star of spectral class B5 in the constellation of Auriga.

χ Aurigae visual magnitude is 4.76. Because of its moderate brightness, χ 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 χ Aurigae (chi Aurigae) star
DSS2 image of χ Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of χ Aurigae during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 34m 22s
+32° 12’ 29”
06h 22m 39s
11h 57m 01s

J2000

05h 32m 43s
+32° 11’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

175.77°
-0.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for χ Aurigae (chi Aurigae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.76
Supergiant

-5.72
B5I
7217K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

χ Aurigae is distant 4,075.00 light years from the Sun

1,250.00
4,075.00
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

χ Aurigae
(chi Aurigae)
SAO58164
SAO58164

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 57.8°
Max altitude: 70.7°
Azimuth: 302.2°