Its story
17 Aur has a visual magnitude of about 6.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for 17 Aur: right ascension 5h 18m 19s, declination +33° 46′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).
17 Aur. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 24740, HD 34364, Gaia DR3 181983575426242944. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 24740
- Right ascension
- 5h 18m 19s
- Declination
- +33° 46′ 02″
- Magnitude
- 6.14
- Distance
- ≈ 461 ly
Data: gaia-dr3