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hip-31771
Its story
51 Aurigae is an orange K-type giant in the Charioteer, that pentagonal figure crowned by bright Capella. Its warm hue places it at an evolved stage, with a surface cooler than the Sun's yet a far greater volume. Its light takes around five centuries to reach us.
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.70
- Distance
- 488.3 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 99.665° · Dec 39.391°
- Catalogue
- HIP 31771 · HD 47070
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