Star profile
41 Aurigae
What is 41 Aurigae
41 Aurigae shines white about 334 light-years away, within the figure of the Charioteer, that pentagon guarding the goat Capella. Its A spectrum reveals a surface close to ten thousand degrees, almost twice the Sun s temperature. The light crossing the human eye tonight broke free in the heart of the Baroque era, when Versailles was being raised.
Where it is and when to see it
41 Aurigae lies in the northern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is December: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for 41 Aurigae
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.78
- Distance
- 334.2 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 92.902° · Dec 48.711°
- Catalogue
- HIP 29388 · HD 42126
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Other stars in Auriga
Auriga has 76 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- CapellaAlpha Aurigae0.08
- HYG 1183600.96
- MenkalinanBeta Aurigae1.90
- HIP 263445.74
- 48 Aurigae5.75
- 53 Aurigae5.76
- HIP 294515.78
- HIP 311735.82