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.
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
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for χ Aurigae (chi Aurigae).
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where χ Aurigae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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
Alternative Designations
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):