Its story
6 Aur has a visual magnitude of about 5.74: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for 6 Aur: right ascension 5h 0m 23s, declination +39° 39′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).
6 Aur. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 23268, HD 31780, Gaia DR3 200697572570810880. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 23268
- Right ascension
- 5h 00m 23s
- Declination
- +39° 39′ 17″
- Magnitude
- 5.74
- Distance
- ≈ 1,178 ly
Data: gaia-dr3