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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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κ Aurigae (kappa Aurigae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:20 | Tran: 15:19 | Set: 0:17
Alt: 65.07°   Az: 214.15°   Direction: South-West

κ Aurigae is a variable giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Auriga.

κ Aurigae visual magnitude is 4.35. Because of its moderate brightness, κ 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 κ Aurigae (kappa Aurigae) star
DSS2 image of κ Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of κ Aurigae during the next 1000 years (-1.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.37 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 16m 59s
+29° 29’ 17”
01h 03m 05s
07h 20m 05s

J2000

06h 15m 22s
+29° 29’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

182.72°
5.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for κ Aurigae (kappa Aurigae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.35
Giant

0.78
G8III
4695K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

κ Aurigae is distant 168.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

51.79
168.82
20 km/s
-0.073 arcsec/y
-0.262"/y

Alternative Designations

κ Aurigae
(kappa Aurigae)
SAO78143
SAO78143

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 60.5°
Max altitude: 68.0°
Azimuth: 299.5°