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μ Aurigae (mu Aurigae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:54 | Tran: 14:44 | Set: 2:39
Alt: 14.00°   Az: 315.82°   Direction: North-West

μ Aurigae is a main-sequence star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Auriga.

μ Aurigae visual magnitude is 4.86. Because of its moderate brightness, μ 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 μ Aurigae (mu Aurigae) star
DSS2 image of μ Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of μ Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 15m 10s
+38° 30’ 44”
08h 00m 51s
13h 16m 02s

J2000

05h 13m 25s
+38° 29’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

168.35°
-0.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for μ Aurigae (mu Aurigae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.86
Main-sequence

1.37
A4V
8321K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

μ Aurigae is distant 162.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

49.80
162.35
21 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.075"/y

Alternative Designations

μ Aurigae
(mu Aurigae)
SAO57755
SAO57755

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 51.5°
Max altitude: 77.0°
Azimuth: 308.5°