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ο Aurigae (omicron Aurigae)

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 45.90°   Az: 62.17°   Direction: South-West

ο Aurigae is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Auriga.

ο Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.47. Because of its faintness, ο 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 ο Aurigae (omicron Aurigae) star
DSS2 image of ο Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of ο Aurigae during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 47m 52s
+49° 50’ 04”
19h 09m 38s
00h 57m 31s

J2000

05h 45m 53s
+49° 49’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

161.98°
10.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ο Aurigae (omicron Aurigae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.47
Main-sequence
ο Aurigae is also a Cr chemically peculiar star.

-0.38
A2V
9766K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ο Aurigae is distant 482.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

147.93
482.25
-6 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

ο Aurigae
(omicron Aurigae)
SAO40583
SAO40583

Visibility from Your Location

ο Aurigae (omicron Aurigae) is circumpolar and transits at 11:40 UTC (altitude: 88.4°)