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public  Maropati, Italy Maropati, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:43 
Transit: 13:01 
Sunset: 20:18
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ρ Aurigae (rho Aurigae)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:51 | Tran: 10:53 | Set: 19:51
Alt: 36.39°   Az: 61.79°   Direction: East-North-East

ρ Aurigae is a main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Auriga.

ρ Aurigae visual magnitude is 5.23. Because of its faintness, ρ 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 ρ Aurigae (rho Aurigae) star
DSS2 image of ρ Aurigae. The red arrow shows the motion of ρ Aurigae during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 23m 37s
+41° 49’ 38”
19h 11m 17s
00h 34m 55s

J2000

05h 21m 48s
+41° 48’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

166.56°
2.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for ρ Aurigae (rho Aurigae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.23
Main-sequence

-1.24
B3V
12489K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

ρ Aurigae is distant 641.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

196.85
641.73
13 km/s
0.018 arcsec/y
-0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

ρ Aurigae
(rho Aurigae)
SAO40269
SAO40269

Visibility from Your Location

Today's ρ Aurigae (rho Aurigae) rise, transit and set times from Maropati, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 48.2°
Max altitude: 86.6°
Azimuth: 311.8°