Its story
51 Aur has a visual magnitude of about 5.25: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 51 Aur: right ascension 6h 38m 40s, declination +39° 23′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).
51 Aur. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 31771, HD 47070, Gaia DR3 945133155787194880. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 31771
- Right ascension
- 6h 38m 40s
- Declination
- +39° 23′ 25″
- Magnitude
- 5.25
- Distance
- ≈ 468 ly
Data: gaia-dr3