Its story
59 Aur has a visual magnitude of about 6.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for 59 Aur: right ascension 6h 53m 1s, declination +38° 52′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).
59 Aur. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 33041, HD 50018, Gaia DR3 944319036146041984. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 33041
- Right ascension
- 6h 53m 01s
- Declination
- +38° 52′ 09″
- Magnitude
- 6.02
- Distance
- ≈ 482 ly
Data: gaia-dr3